David Fincher Quotes
Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies.
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The six people who had the biggest impact on my life were all women. Had I been sexist, my life would have been far less fulfilling.
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I get motivated by the fact people are following me, that they want a photo or say 'vamos' or 'Canelo.'
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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We are seeing a great awakening. A national movement of We the People, brought together by what unites us - a shared love of liberty, and an understanding of the unlimited potential of free men and free women.
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If you're passionate about your work, it makes the people around you want to be involved too.
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But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished.
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The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have five songs and different promotions based on those. But when I do Western films, the need for originality is greater. Then I become very conscious about the writing.
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I feel like a lot of people think of Hollywood as being fake, but it's only perceived that way because it takes 10 people to make someone look the way that they do. In reality, they're there because they are doing what they're passionate about.
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Surround yourself with really good people. I think that's an important thing. Because the people you surround yourself are a reflection of you.
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I wish people would be a bit more aware of how their actions affect everyone around them.
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The acquisition of knowledge - knowledge of both the world and of their own religion - will inoculate young people against extremist ideologies.
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If you're not big enough to lose, you're not big enough to win.
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I just want people to remember me like I remember Buster Keaton. When they talk about Buster Keaton or Gene Kelly, people say, 'Ah yes, they good.' Maybe one day, they remember Jackie Chan that way.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine.
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Square meals often make round people.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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I just like when I work with people that are professional and good.
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Mount Carmel was a very monastic place. We lived in another time - an easier time, a better time. We didn't have running water or most modern conveniences. But in a lot of ways, it was a very satisfying life.
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For the first three years, when I was writing, I was doing sessions with a whole bunch of different people all the time every day until I met Lindy Robbins, who kind of mentored me. And then, once you find that, all the pieces come together.
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When using dialect, use it lightly. A dialect word here and there is enough. All you want to do is suggest. Never let it call attention to itself.
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"Straight Edge" was a song about my life. There was no structure, no premise as if I was forming a club. There were no tenets. I mean I wrote a song called "Straight Edge," I'll take that, but the song was about my life the way I wanted to live it.
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If you paint in your mind a picture of bright and happy expectations, you put yourself into a condition conducive to your goal.
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Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies.
