Christopher Guest Quotes
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
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No one can make the most of himself until he looks upon his life as a magnificent possibility, the materials for a great masterpiece, to mar or spoil which would be a great tragedy.
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I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
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All you should try to do is behave with honour. If you can. At all times.
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I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.
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Remember, the choices we make today shape the people we become tomorrow.
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I'm slammed with an identity that can no longer say a word; mute with responsibility.
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Authenticity is a virtue. But just as you can have too little authenticity, you can also have too much.
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London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place.
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I think gardens are fantastic, and I'd love to draw and design and stuff like that. I love just planting flowers during the summer. There's something very humble about it, and natural and beautiful.
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The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
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Hillary Clinton will always be there for you. And just remember - there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other.
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I've learned a lot of tricks from working with a lot of great producers over the years, and I think I should write a book about it!
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I don't think a lot of bands and artists work as hard as we do on the creation, on the writing, the arrangements and the recording in our format.
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
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Documentaries are a powerful and effective way of bridging the gap between worlds, breaking through to new audiences that wouldn't otherwise be engaged - in essence, not preaching to the choir.
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We must learn to understand humanity better so that we can create an environment that is more beneficial to people, more rewarding, more pleasant to experience.
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Even dramatically how you position some person, the depth, the existence [in 3D] is different than a flat image even though by itself it has depth, we create the illusion of depth. For example, some of the shots I have to stay closer to the actor because it's a young actor, I like it closer for some of the shots. I watch 2D scenes next to the camera, then when I go back to my station and watch it in 3D I have to go back and reduce his acting, he has to shrink a little bit because he peeks out more.
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P. 25-26.
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Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
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The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place.
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I'm married to the person I fell in love with.
