David Lowery Quotes
I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor way.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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What really makes it fun for an actor is when the script is good.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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I get homesick.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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If you wanted to build an Internet startup in 2005, you had to buy your own servers and hire someone to manage it. Now, that's unheard of.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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The film business creates a large amount of waste, and I'm not immune to waste in the business.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
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In films of terror, it's often not about being graphic. Or if there is a graphic image, it's extremely swift. Everyone talks about the shower scene in 'Psycho,' but that's the only graphic scene in the entire film.
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Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She's ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
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It was reported today that U.S. military bases will not show 'Brokeback Mountain.' However, during interrogations, U.S. troops will continue to show 'Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo.'
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Original minds are not distinguished by being the first to see a new thing, but instead by seeing the old, familiar thing that is over-looked as something new.
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I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor way.
