David Lowery Quotes
With 'Pete's Dragon,' Disney was very excited about the movie I wanted to make; they were very supportive of it, and it was a smooth process. I was really surprised by that.
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The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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At the age of 13, I felt it was up to me to decide whether I wanted to go to church or be with my mates, and I chose to go to church.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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You don't always make an out. Sometimes the pitcher gets you out.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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As a teenager, I wanted to look like the early '90s curvy supermodels. Even in my early 20s, I always said as soon as I retired from cycling, I'd get a boob job.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.
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Every time you come out with an album or a song, you want to feel like you're growing a bit in what you are and giving people something that they can feel.
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It vexes me when they would constrain science by the authority of the Scriptures, and yet do not consider themselves bound to answer reason and experiment.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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Even though I'm an actor, I've gone to productions where there has been someone whose work is known in film, and you can't take your eyes off them. It unbalances the production. Whether they're good or not, it doesn't matter.
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No one will understand a Japanese garden until you've walked through one, and you hear the crunch underfoot, and you smell it, and you experience it over time. Now there's no photograph or any movie that can give you that experience.
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You have a guy like Bernie Madoff literally steal $80 billion, you know, AIG steal hundreds of billions, Goldman Sachs. Crime has changed so much, and to really do a movie with, like, drug dealers or drug smugglers is kind of almost quaint at this point.
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How do you shoot a 150-day movie? You shoot it one day at a time.
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As a professional, it pains me to watch a movie that is botched and amateurish. I prefer directors who have control of both their craft and their ideas.
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With 'Pete's Dragon,' Disney was very excited about the movie I wanted to make; they were very supportive of it, and it was a smooth process. I was really surprised by that.
