Neill Blomkamp Quotes
I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.
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Man's idea of God, and a God's collusion, is an essential part of the equation to wage war.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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I doubt if you can have a truly wild party without liquor.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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I think for the last fifteen, twenty years or so, Hollywood has underestimated the appeal of the Western. I think there is still a huge market.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.
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I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me – and it was such a backhanded compliment – they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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I've done a lot of partying in my time because I didn't want to go home and I didn't know what to do.
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Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against.
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I never participated in far-reaching political decisions, since I never belonged to the circle of the closest associates of Adolf Hitler, neither was I consulted by Adolf Hitler on general political questions, nor did I ever take part in conferences about such problems.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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My family is basically Gypsies - for real.
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I think it's boring when everybody wears the same brands or the same styles, and it's like, 'Oh, this is the new trend.'
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I'm afraid the workings of J.J. Abrams' mind falls outside the predictive capacity of any coherent theory.
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Mr. Lincoln's elevation shows that in America every station in life may be honorable; that there is no barrier against the humblest; but that merit, wherever it exists, has the opportunity to be known.
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If it's fifty years from now and it still has the same value, that's a movie.
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My favorite was always whichever sport was in season. I think these days it's almost saddening to see kids who are 10 or 11 and are forced to choose one sport and specialize in that sport and play that sport year-round. By playing different sports... you become a better all-around athlete.
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I think that 'Elysium' the movie is unrealistic, with the space station and everything. I think 'Elysium' the metaphor is completely realistic: it's exactly where we're going.
