Christopher Nolan Quotes
I think there has been this increasing misperception that kids will not respond to something because it's also for adults. I think that often that tends to get underestimated.
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In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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The brain abhors discrepancies.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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The love story for me was the nature of the love and not the age of the lovers.
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I love the process of acting, and to turn your passion into a career is the biggest gift.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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Everyone should learn to tango in Argentina before they die.
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My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her talking about this great, risk-taking woman. There are the most amazing, heroic stories in everybody's lives.
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I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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A lot of times on tour it's about, 'OK, where am I today? Wow, I'm in Costa Rica. What is their famous dish?' And it's about trying the food, and really experiencing it.
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'Duty' is a refreshingly honest memoir and a moving one. Mr. Gates scrupulously identifies his flaws and mistakes: He waited too long, for example, for the military bureaucracy to fix critical supply issues like the drones needed in Iraq and took three years to replace a dysfunctional command structure in Afghanistan.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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I will never sell Flipkart.
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I only have room to do things that I have a love for in my life.
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When I left Barcelona, staying in Spain was an important factor in my decision to join Madrid. I did not have to change country or learn a new language, adopt a different sort of lifestyle, and so on.
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My children grew up with one Western parent. My husband doesn't believe in raising his voice with the kids and we don't spank. They were really raised in a half-Asian family.
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I've always adored the filmmaker Sam Fuller. The first time I watched 'Shock Corridor' was such a magnificent discovery. I love his lack of subtlety, the way he tackles serious topics with bold and inappropriate humor.
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No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.'
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If and when I do get "down," the last thing on my mind is writing a song. Usually, being bummed just involves lying around on the couch and taking the bad weather personally. I only write songs when I feel good - or at least something approaching "good."
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I think there has been this increasing misperception that kids will not respond to something because it's also for adults. I think that often that tends to get underestimated.
