David MacKenzie Quotes
'Perfect Sense' is an extremely serious film, and I am an extremely serious film-maker who is trying to explore the medium in original and interesting ways.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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Live performances always feel like such a moment with all of the costumes and theatrics.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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I was in a commercial for the Disney channel. I was the camp leader for the campers.
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The problem men seem to have, and women, too, is that they have this very structured idea that we should find a partner and settle down and be, you know, faithful. And yet clearly this is really, really hard for anybody to do!
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I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
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Shaming people into being virtuous doesn't change behaviour.
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Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society.
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You want people who choose to follow because they genuinely believe in ideas, not because they're afraid to be punished if they don't. For startups, there's so much pivoting that's required that if you have a bunch of sheep, you're in bad shape.
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I think it's kind of odd that 'This Old Road' was the first video I ever did. Because of all of the work I had done in films and everything, you'd think I would have done a video before that.
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I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.
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You're more constrained when you're wealthy. Or when you're making a bigger film and people complain about no budgets; but having a small amount of money to make a film means you're at your absolute freest to express yourself as an artist.
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The whole of the global economy is based on supplying the cravings of two per cent of the world's population.
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'Perfect Sense' is an extremely serious film, and I am an extremely serious film-maker who is trying to explore the medium in original and interesting ways.
