Christo Quotes
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It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
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My life and my work are very interlocked. That's partly why I like to keep my private life private.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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With the rights now in our loving hands, I'm beyond excited to bring 'The Green Hornet' into the 21st century in a meaningful and relevant way: modernizing it and making it accessible to a whole new generation. My intention is to bring a gravitas to 'The Green Hornet' that wipes away the camp and kitsch of the previous iteration.
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There is nothing like singing a song that 20,000 people know and are singing back to you.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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The most important thing to realise is that everyone is capable of telling a story. It doesn't matter where we were born or how we grew up.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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I would be the worst acting coach ever, because I have no idea what I'm doing.
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I used to hate working out - until I learned how to do it properly.
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If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
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It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.
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I don't believe in hostile moves. I don't believe they carry any value.
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make a lovely Marie Antoinette.
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He who desires nothing but God is rich and happy.
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Speaking of New York as a traveller I have two faults to find with it. In the first place there is nothing to see; and in the second place there is no mode of getting about to see anything.
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When I was a teenager, the actors I was really into were Mickey Rourke and Sean Penn. I saw 'Rumble Fish' on my 16th birthday, and around the same time, it was 'Falcon and the Snowman' and 'Bad Boys' from Sean Penn.
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We wish to work in total freedom.
