Marshall Curry Quotes
I feel like a lot of funders of documentaries today want to fund films that have a social message that is going to yield results.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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What makes for a good argument, at bottom, is being more prepared than anyone else in that courtroom, and being willing to fight to tell your client's story - the story of why the right view of the law and my client's interests are one and the same.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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I got no hate in me.
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I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I thought Jimi Hendrix... was just phenomenal.
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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I often reread books I have written.
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.
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I look forward to working alongside Univision's exceptional team as we work to further realize the substantial growth potential of this dynamic organization.
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When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.
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Our military men and women are our greatest national treasure. They should be safeguarded as such upon their return.
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Music is extremely intuitive, which acting too in a different way.
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I did grow up in a military family but lacked the perspective to grasp the cognitive dissonance carried by most people who serve in the armed forces or the circumstances that push lots of folks into the military. I don't blame G.I. Joe or Rambo for that atmosphere, but they certainly reflected the final stage of a two generation cultural myth.
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I know I'm happy and can't wait to see where my career will go next. This isn't the end for any of us. I can understand why they are upset but I want them to move forward and look for the future.
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Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.
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Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree.
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You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.
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Yesterday's History. Tomorrow's a Mystery. So live for today.
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Whatever the opposite of regret is best describes how I've always felt about that decision - it opened me up to a million creative opportunities I needed to experience away from the bull and distorting mirrors that fame engenders.
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I feel like a lot of funders of documentaries today want to fund films that have a social message that is going to yield results.
