Bhumibol Adulyadej Quotes
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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There is a triangular relationship between poverty, child labour and illiteracy who have a cause and consequence relationship. We will have to break this vicious circle.
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I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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I have heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines.
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I am anything but a misogynist - I am quite far to the other side of that.
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When you're doing a startup, life is not all roses and rainbows, like you see on Instagram, and killing it.
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I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.
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For me, honesty is a huge thing, and loyalty, when it comes to relationships.
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To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.
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If someone like my father chooses to criticise Israeli policies, it's not because he is a self-hating Jew, but because he is not prepared to live in a state of self-denial.
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I'm not really vegan. I'm vegan-ish. I have a piece of lamb every now and then.
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Tom and I have a similar sensibility and experience. You know his dad was from Kentucky where I set the film, and so was mine. That's where he died. His mom's really important in his life and so is mine,
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It is useless to live on burned ruins.
