Chin Han Quotes
Roland Emmerich is a very interesting individual. He is more erudite and well-read than most of the people I know.
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Big league defense is going to get outs most times.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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What is the future of the woman's movement? How in the hell do I know? I don't run it.
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The closer a Negro got to the ballot box, the more he looked like a rapist.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.
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I love working with women.
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You have to learn to fight for things, to bear the burden and have a life which does not in any way correspond to other peoples' lives.
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I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents, and she was born without legs.
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Black Sabbath was written on bass: I just walked into the studio and went, bah, bah, bah, and everybody joined in and we just did it.
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In L.A., you tend to see a lot of people do very bizarre things. I love it.
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What poor people go through, it's amazing they don't do more violent things! If they'd just give you a little dignity, it might help you stand it better. They suffer no heat, no electricity, while you're working, but then you've got to face all the insults, too.
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Roland Emmerich is a very interesting individual. He is more erudite and well-read than most of the people I know.
