Darius Khondji Quotes
When you do movies on low budgets, you don't want to have a location that requires a very big light right outside the window when you're 10 stories up. You have to find a location where you have a terrace outside, or you can light from a second floor, or you can light through the windows for daylight.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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In very simple language, Morrie always seems to be able to explain something that other people would take a chapter for, you know.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.
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When you do movies on low budgets, you don't want to have a location that requires a very big light right outside the window when you're 10 stories up. You have to find a location where you have a terrace outside, or you can light from a second floor, or you can light through the windows for daylight.
