David Lowery Quotes
In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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I've always looked at 2016, but 2020 is realistic for me. I'll be 23 in 2016, but if I keep on progressing, hopefully 2016 will be a medal chance as well for me.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.
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In my next life, I want to be a housecat. Naps all the time!
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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Starting out, they told me: 'You're a good-looking guy. We'll put you in this role, and you can be a conduit for the audience into this side of the story.' But I've grown up, and that's not what I want anymore. My concept of the job I do has evolved. And it is a job, nothing more.
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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I think it's important to talk to my sisters when I have a big decision to make.
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did.
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That's what I think a journalist from the '70s and '80s should look like - as though he has led a full journalistic life.
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We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.
