- Nov 07, 2020
Your Quotes
On staying in control of what's truly your own.
These quotes focus on ownership: your trust, your plans, your self-esteem, and how easily outside pressure can chip away at decisions that should belong to you alone. For more, see our Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not really possible to open 'The Casual Vacancy' without a lot of expectations both high and low crashing around in your brain and distorting your vision. There's no point pretending they're not there.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why sit on your butt watching 'Jersey Shore' when you can learn to paint a beautiful picture?
- Something
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's about polarization. You're trying to stir up something in your audience.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's much easier to wear a Chairman Mao button and shake your fists in the air and all that, then to actually read the Communist manifesto and things like that and actually become involved in politics.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
Forgive your enemies, but first get even.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the greatest thing about making a documentary is your ability to just follow the story and the subject.
- Dance
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- Nov 07, 2020
My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
The other players are all normal human beings, so just play your best and play free.
- Honor
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- Nov 07, 2020