David MacKenzie Quotes
Being open to what's happening in front of you is the most important thing about being a director. To allow the magic to exist and to be light enough on your feet to harness it as it's happening. That's what makes cinema interesting.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.
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I've waited so long to get to this point, and I'm so happy to be making my first album. I want to be a performer and an entertainer.
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I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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I was raised speaking English and Spanish. And I also speak Danish. And I can get by in French and Italian. I've acted in Spanish and English, but when something has to do with emotions, sometimes I feel I can get to the heart of the matter better in Spanish.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.
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At all levels - with men and women - the 3-point shot has utterly transformed the way the game is played. More and more, the players are spread out, looking to pop behind the 3-point arc.
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I think all the best songs do that: they offer some sort of hope and light in the darkness.
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Being open to what's happening in front of you is the most important thing about being a director. To allow the magic to exist and to be light enough on your feet to harness it as it's happening. That's what makes cinema interesting.
