Gray Area Quotes - Page 2

• As a reader I gravitate toward work that rests in the gray area, that doesn't come with easy answers.

  Laurie Foos

  Answers, Easy, Reader

  Source: therumpus.net

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• There is less gray area there, less doubt. There is a security in being some thing all the way. Our culture, too, encourages this way of being - exaggeration, for example, is the key to advertising success in the United States. But hyperbole also seems a big part of Iranian culture, as well.

  Porochista Khakpour

  Keys, Doubt, Way

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I'm drawn to the classic antihero, the guy who's probably made a bunch of mistakes and really has the capacity to go either way. That's the most interesting type of character for me to watch, to see what decisions they'll make. There's a lot of gray area there for a writer to explore.

  Kurt Sutter

  Mistake, Character, Interesting

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• I think the fun thing about this franchise [Planet of Apes], as storytellers, is that a lot of the franchises are very black and white. This is all about the gray areas; it's really about the nature.

  Matt Reeves

  Fun, Black And White, Thinking

  Source: www.denofgeek.com

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• In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, 'What do I want to do?' Your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the gray area; being okay with where you are. If you can find the parity between 'Where am I going?' and 'What's my purpose?' you've got two pretty solid pillars for your coffee table.

  Chris Pine

  Coffee, Thinking, Two

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• It's not hard to get your way when it's your way or the highway. People either follow suit or they're not around. I don't really like the sound of that, 'cause that sounds like a temper tantrum. I'm just very black and white when it comes to my business. There's really no gray area.

  Nicki Minaj

  Black And White, People, Sound

  "V Exclusive! Nicki Minaj Talks What ‘Pink Friday’ Proved, Being a Woman in Hip-Hop, Fashion". Interview With Mikey Fresh, www.vibe.com. February 16, 2012.

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• As an actor, you're always in situations that can be compromising. But you can wipe away that gray area by making a choice.

  Kyle MacLachlan

  Choices, Actors, Wipe

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• It quickly becomes apparent that in the gray area between jazz, R&B and soul, Tony Adamo is one of the top voices.

  Scott Yanow

  Voice, Soul, Jazz

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• I didn't have song rights for the first video because I didn't know that it was going to do what it did. So for the second video, I decided better safe than sorry. It is a really gray area as to whether or not you even need song rights to make a video like that.

  Judson Laipply

  Song, Sorry, Rights

  "Beat goes on for YouTube's 'Evolution of Dance' star". Interview with Ryan Osborn and Allison Berger, www.today.com. January 12, 2009.

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• I think people are really starting to rebel against that. And I think there's going to be more and more gray areas. Hopefully that means we'll see more stories with characters that could be interchangeable with men.

  Evan Rachel Wood

  Character, Mean, Men

  "Into The Forest: Ellen Page and Evan Rachel Wood Survive a Quiet Apocalypse". Interview With Don Kaye, www.denofgeek.com. July 28, 2016.

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• The bad guys, when they start getting picked off, they're upset that their friends died, too. But that's the thing. That's what life is. It's that weird gray area.

  Ti West

  Guy, Upset, Life Is

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• There's no gray area in law enforcement. Evil exists in the world and it must be dealt with. And those on the side of good can feel righteous in their approach to eliminating evil. There's no ambiguity there.

  Benjamin Bratt

  Law, Evil, Sides

  Source: pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• Either you have a sense of humor about [being a former child star], or you're in rehab. There's not a lot of gray area.

  Wil Wheaton

  Stars, Children, Rehab

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• So, if they're coming in and having to do scenes that involve nudity or sexuality, in some way, the utmost important thing is that everyone feels comfortable and safe. If there's any gray area, that's going to be a problem.

  Michael Sheen

  Important, Safe, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• When you're working on something where there's usually one sex scene in the film, it all gets a little bit of a gray area and people get a bit uncomfortable and awkward. You just get through it. But, it became very clear on this that that can't happen. There can't be any gray areas on this because there are actors and actresses coming in for a day or a couple of days, as well as people who are there regularly.

  Michael Sheen

  Sex, Couple, People

  Source: collider.com

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• Steve Jobs was probably mildly on the autistic spectrum. Basically, you've probably known people who were geeky and socially awkward but very smart. When does geeks and nerds become autism? That's a gray area. Half the people in Silicon Valley probably have autism.

  Temple Grandin

  Jobs, Smart, Autism

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• Sometimes love is so intense that it turns into this gray area that borders on hate. That's what happens when the people you love have that type of power over you.

  Julie Murphy

  Hate, Love Is, People

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• I guess what I get excited about when I'm thinking about projects is that toothy, complex area of goodness and badness and the gray areas of human behavior and existence.

  Liz Garbus

  Thinking, Excited, Behavior

  "Being Nina Simone". Interview with Colleen Kelsey, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 25, 2015.

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• There's a lot of gray area in the law. Who can say, without a doubt, that I was in the wrong?

  Zach Braff

  Law, Doubt, Areas

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• The ambiguous, gray areas of authority and responsibility between parents and teachers exacerbate the distrust between them. The distrust is further complicated by the fact that it is rarely articulated, but usually remains smoldering and silent.

  Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

  Teacher, Responsibility, Parent

  Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot (1978). “Worlds apart: relationships between families and schools”, Basic Books (AZ)

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• I think I'm speaking for a bunch of girls when I say that the idea that feminism is completely natural and shouldn't even be something that people find mildly surprising. ...I find a lot of feminist reading quite confusing and that often there's a set of rules, and people will be like, 'Oh, this person isn't a true feminist because they don't embody this one thing,' and I don't know, often there is a lot of gray area that can be hard to navigate.

  Lorde

  Girl, Fashion, Reading

  "Super Heroine: An Interview With Lorde". Interview with Tavi Gevinson, www.rookiemag.com. January 02, 2014.

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• Americans have an interesting conundrum, a black and white line: You're on one side or the other of Puritanism or licentiousness. But that gray area where people abide, between their ears or on the Internet, needs to be fleshed out more in terms of permission granted. I think a lot of women are contained within the parentheses of shoulds and role-play. It's all about entitlement and history. It's all about upper-body strength - and exacting your will.

  Diane Lane

  Black And White, Thinking, Play

  Source: deadline.com

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• There's a gigantic gray area between good moral behavior and outright felonious activities. I call that the Weasel Zone and it's where most of life happens.

  Scott Adams

  Moral Behavior, Life Happens, Weasels

  "Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel". Book by Scott Adams, 2002.

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• All of the films that I've made are about the country I live in and grew up in... And I think if you're going to put an artist's eye to it, you're going to put a critical eye to it. I've always been interested in the gray area that exists between the black and white, or the red and blue, and that's where complexity lies.

  Robert Redford

  Country, Lying, Eye

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