Neill Blomkamp Quotes
I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.
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I've always thought that I'm sexy in my own right, but not in a way that people thought was bankable.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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I take nothing away from my existence in the 'hood, because it sharpened my instincts. We had a different way of living that developed our survival instincts, and I use those to this day when I make films. You can't buy that.
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Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
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As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I have in the conservative world.
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After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.
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I like American women. They do things sexually Russian girls never dream of doing - like showering.
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It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the country who are making a huge difference in the lives of their neighbors and themselves. That's what I'm really fortunate to be able to do.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.
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We are not going to win because you have a new head coach, any more than you are going to fix a flat tire by changing the driver. We will win the minute all of us get rid of excuses as to why we can't win and stop wallowing in self-pity.
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With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.
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Would I want Johnny Depp's career? Sure! But do I want all the trappings and all the stuff that comes with that? I don't know. It's a pretty serious trade off. Can you prevent it? Probably not.
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When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes.
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Everyone has a price, the important thing is to find out what it is.
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I think that in the realm of commercial, popcorn cinema, the amount of message or smuggling of ideas you can get in there is quite limited. Like, if you think you're going to make a difference or change anything, you're on pretty dangerous thin ice.
