Bill Viola Quotes
You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art.
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I would love to work with Raju Hirani. I never thought I would have a wish-list of directors as such, but after seeing the consistency of his storylines and the human touch he gets in his film, I would love to work with him.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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I've worked in television all my life, but really I've always wanted to work in the movies.
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You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here.
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Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.
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Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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When in doubt, you bring in relatives. Nepotism is a part of my work.
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I got a job as soon as I could - 11 or 12. I started babysitting and then I got a part-time job at a pharmacy in England. I just remember loving the feeling of going out and buying my own clothes! I'd go bargain-hunting and get secondhand vintage stuff.
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Writing does produce a very unique satisfaction. There are times when I'm writing that it's frustrating or appalling or difficult, but when it goes well, it goes really well, and there is a feeling of rightness, like I'm doing the thing I was meant to do, almost in a mystical way, like I'm at an appropriate angle to the world.
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Teachers believe they have a gift for giving; it drives them with the same irrepressible drive that drives others to create a work of art or a market or a building.
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The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.
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Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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I am happy with the response I am receiving for 'Kaabil.' Audiences' love is what we work for, after all.
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Figure skating is a mixture of art and sport.
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I work hard and support myself.
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I had to work up the courage to even imagine myself running for Congress. But I eventually decided that our country had a moral problem in only letting white men - even the right-minded ones - have a seat at the table.
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The Watergate reforms did work well for many years, and if improved and broadened, these reforms can have real and major impact on the system today.
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To be strong, to steer straight onward, to dare to praise God, to sit alone and keep silence because He has laid it upon us, to put our mouths in the dust, if so be there may be hope -- here is fortitude indeed.
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I love Cee Lo, but I avoid him when he's holding that smelly cat.
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So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.
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You are just as qualified as any expert to make a judgment and have a feeling or a response to any work of art.
