"In ways I don't entirely have the words for, an experience, thought or a lesson isn't real for me until I've written down."

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Source : "'Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness' by Alexandra Fuller". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. September 19, 2011.

Alexandra Fuller

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“I convinced Tim to add one song, and then we added five. We changed a lot of things while we were shooting, which you should never do in stop-motion animation. With this, it was a much smoother ship, so I wasn't getting sent the scratch reels of things.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“We are so busy measuring public opinion that we forget we can mold it. We are so busy listening to statistics we forget we can create them.”
“Without the help of selfishness, the human animal would never have developed. Egoism is the vine by which man hoisted himself out of the swamp and escaped from the jungle.”
“Nothing so soon the drooping spirits can raise As praises from the men, whom all men praise.”

Source : 'Ode upon a Copy of Verses of My Lord Broghill's' (1663)
“An interesting thing that I've learned is that "no" doesn't always really mean "no," it just simply means "not now."”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“I'm my own worst critic. I mean, I know what's wrong with everything that I've done.”
“In schools, including universities, most resources are spent to purchase the time and motivation of a limited number of people to take up predetermined problems in a ritually defined setting. The most radical alternative to school would be a network or service which gave each man the same opportunity to share his current concern with others motivated by the same concern.”
“I don't actually own a car.”

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