Vince Gilligan Quotes
Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever.
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I get kind of sad when I look at all of my magazines and think about how at one time I was much more impressed with a certain fashion editorial, or how I feel like I can't really relate to being that excited about fashion anymore. Maybe it's being jaded, but I honestly like that now, when something's really good, I feel more affected by it.
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In Paris, AIDS was dismissed as an American phobia until French people started dying; then everyone said, 'Well, you have to die some way or another.' If Americans were hysterical and pragmatic, the French were fatalistic: depressed but determined to keep the party going.
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People are told their rights when they're arrested. Consumers getting collection letters are entitled to the same courtesy.
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Hamas has effectively kidnapped Gaza. Instead of turning it into the Singapore of the Middle East that was promised, they have turned it into a fortress of terror.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I know who I am as an artist and I know what my sound is, but I wanted to know what I could do in order to take it to that next level. So the experiences I had last year of moving to California and traveling to places like Rome and Nicaragua where I met a lot of people just had a really big impact in my life.
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I'm 68 years old, and I'm as much a criminal now as I was at the age of 22. And, I'm even more of a dissident than I was then.
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What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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There is a requirement to ensure the withdrawal takes place in a civilized manner. We will be able to show the world we deserve independence and freedom.
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I've been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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Religion and slavery are incompatible.
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There is nothing wrong with a woman encouraging a man's advances, as long as they are in cash.
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When I'm filming, it's in the contract - 'No kiteboarding' - ha ha.
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I was looking for a name like the Crickets that meant two things, and from crickets I got to beetles. And I changed to B E A because … B E E T L E S didn't mean two things, so I changed … the E to an A. And it meant two things then. … When you said it, people thought of crawly things; and when you read it, it was beat music.
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What would I say about "Heaven Without a Gun"? For me, to have this man, and our friendship [ with Andy Kim] grew really slowly and very consistently throughout the years before we decided to get into a studio together, I wasn't sure if he wanted to do songs that were pre-written or what. We didn't know what we were getting into.
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À l'heure, si sombre encore, de la civilisation où nous sommes, le misérable s'appelle L'HOMME; il agonise sous tous les climats, et il gémit dans toutes les langues.
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There is something strange about me. I don't ever feel at ease in a group of people. I have to fight hard to overcome my fears.
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You can control two things: your work ethic and your attitude about anything.
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Let the audience put 2 and 2 together so that it comes up with 4. Let them do that themselves, and they'll love you forever.
