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- Nov 07, 2020
Able Quotes
On capability, readiness and what makes action possible.
These quotes touch on being able to act: governments expected to give straight answers, leaders imagined thinking more imaginatively, and allies working to restore the unity needed to act together. For more, see our Being quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really don't want to encourage young people to think that life is about money only. Life is about being able to give yourself choice.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to make your own decisions about where you work, what you do, what you earn and what you buy, then being able to make money is an important factor.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that every show on television has its place. I think Married With Children or, I don't know, The Nanny... some people want to go home, turn on the TV and be able to iron their clothes or grab a sandwich. Come out and catch a joke and not have to follow the story.
- Football
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the game. I love to watch. I watch it with my kids. I'm able to divorce the beauty of the athletics from the corporate entity that is the National Football League.
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Language patterns solidify at 10, 11, 12, so I was able to learn English fairly easily, with no accent. I didn't do speech or vocal work to get rid of the German accent; I was just lucky.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thanks to centuries of island freedom, when we were able to decide who came in and who didn't, it is far easier to disappear in Britain than in almost any other country in the world.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a very go-to kind of attitude in New Zealand that stems from that psyche of being quite isolated and not being able to rely on the rest of the world's infrastructure.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're starting out, you know, you have to do something on a very limited budget. You're not going to be able to have great actors, and you're most likely not going to have a great script.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had to get past the mechanical film age to be able to explore other things, but it will be interesting.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel very lucky to be able to make movies in New Zealand, and I will always be grateful for the support I have received from so many New Zealanders.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The scene we shot with Charlie Rose was actually the last piece that was ever shot for 'Breaking Bad.' My daughter and I flew to New York; we got to shoot in the 'Charlie Rose' studio. Adam Godley and Jessica Hecht are such expert performers that we were able to get it very beautifully and very quickly.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't define myself. And I'm really happy about this, that I'm not able to make a definition of, even of my work.
- Mystery
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- Nov 07, 2020
That was the crossover line for us, to be able to play that many shows, sell them out real quick and have that tribe queue up outside and still be a mystery to everybody else.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.
- Knowledge
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- Nov 07, 2020