- Nov 07, 2020
Ale Quotes
A small, varied set of reflections.
This is a modest, loosely connected collection, grounded mainly in a historical comparison of the scale of wartime scientific effort between two countries. Other entries touch briefly on film ratings and the kinds of scripts actors look for. Related quotes appear in our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Drive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I consciously think about the ethnicity of every character that I create and cast. But one thing that is equally important is quality representation. It's not enough to put an African-American in there, a female in there, a gay character in there: How significant is their contribution? Can they drive the story?
- Looks
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of artists in Gowanus, and certain things come into your visual vocabulary from living there - the scale of the subway and the canal, sometimes it almost looks like a de Chirico painting, with the intense angles of the shadows and everything.
- Challenge
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are used to women's narratives being defined through the male perspective. I challenge that as a concept.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
It would be hypocritical of me to use being female in some ways, and diss being female in other ways. It's part of the programme.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
One time, on Marine One, the president asked me my opinion. I had a flashback to being at the kitchen table with my dad. That dominant male figure set me up for being confident to express myself with precision and persuasion.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has all the power of a bank branch in the palm of their hand. And so in that world of software at scale, theoretically the incremental unit cost of something at scale approaches zero.
- Large
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- Nov 07, 2020
The frontiers of science, on the very small scale and very large scale, require large investments and international effort.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The female attention I have to struggle hardest with is from my two-year-old daughter.
- Mean
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- Nov 07, 2020
When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike. Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle both mean you better be responsible.
- Dead
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Dead Aid' is about the inefficacy and the limitations of large-scale aid programs in creating economic growth and reducing poverty in Africa.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rather than turning away from the staggering scale and depth of misery caused by war, we must strive to develop our capacity to empathize and feel the sufferings of others.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's this one called Raya that is Tinder for celebrities. You have to do corny things like put a song to photos of yourself: 'Daisy likes pubs! Horse riding! Looks good in a bikini!' It's all so mortifying. My male friend got matched with Courtney Love and if ever there's a reason not to be on those things surely that's it.
- Daily
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- Nov 07, 2020
Always remember, the goals that we have achieved pale in comparison to the daily commitments it took to get there.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
An article can be timely, topical, engaged in the issues and personalities of the moment; it is likely to be stale within the month. In five years, it may have acquired the quaint aura of a rotary phone. An article is usually Siamese-twinned to its date of birth.
- Question
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020