Keith Gessen Quotes

My parents and my brother and I left the Soviet Union in 1981. I was six, and Dima was sixteen, and that made all the difference. I became an American, whereas Dima remained essentially Russian.

Keith Gessen

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I was maybe one of two black kids in the drama department. It was, 'Well, you can't play this role because that guy has a white girlfriend or a white cousin or whatever.'

Joe Morton

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I think it's healthy that people that work in a creative field look for inspiration in a different creative field.

Jens Lekman

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Over time, I've come to recognize what others bring to the table, and I've developed a much more team-based approach. There's the saying that there is no end to what one can achieve if one doesn't have to take the credit for what was achieved.

Melanne Verveer

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What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance and the way the character's facial expressions work, that is what is going to be created on the day with other actors and the director.

Andy Serkis

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All war aims for impunity.

Michael Ignatieff

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I want to continue working in Mexico, but I'd also like to work in other countries eventually, too. Working behind the camera is interesting for me, too.

Stephanie Sigman

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Wil Cardon understands what Arizona needs in Washington. He is committed to getting our economy back on track, upholding our country's rule of law, and looking out for Arizona families.

Trent Franks

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It is an absolute and virtually divine perfection to know how to enjoy our being rightfully.

Michel de Montaigne

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It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.

Miles Franklin

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Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.

Philip Guedalla

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I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them.

Susan Sontag

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The marketing of my movies is something I have no control over! I usually am shown things to give input beforehand. Some directors get really involved with that, but it's not what I do. I don't know anything about marketing; it's not my skill set!

Scott Derrickson

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