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"It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body."
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"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."
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"Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body."
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"I did as much research as I could and I took ownership of this illness, because if you don't take care of your body, where are you going to live?"
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"Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much."
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"I should like these few words to be read over the grave when my body is placed in the earth; for though it is possible I may be present and conscious of what is going on, I shall not be able to communicate."
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"In high school I was the dog, always, and I never have felt comfortable or right in my body, and part of my whole exhibitionist thing has probably been a way of testing to see whether or not I really was this repulsive creature that I felt like for so long."
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"We have rudiments of reverence for the human body, but we consider as nothing the rape of the human mind."
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"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."
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"The body has a mind of its own."
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"If my body is enslaved, still my mind is free."
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"I love mixing amateurs and professionals."
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"A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality."
Quality

"Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience."
Experience

"I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever."
Love

"But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from."
Movies

"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."
Character

"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."
Time

"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
Work

"My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot."
Sacrifice

"But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there."
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