Bille August Quotes
He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Every city has a Donald Trump; ours is just the Trumpiest.
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We benefit tremendously from the E.U. Britain does very well in getting back E.U. money for the amount it puts in.
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I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord's side.
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To kill yourself for earning a salary is not worth it.
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Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave.
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Death hangs over thee: whilst yet thou livest, whilst thou mayest, be good.
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All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours
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Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for her.
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When I look back at The Judy Garland Show, I have such mixed feelings. It broke my mother's heart when they canceled it.
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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
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You could say that to the pope. I want to talk to you about Jesus. He'd be like, easy, freak.
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The Tea Party, which is pretty darn clear on its main focus, which is fiscal restraint, financial restraint, economic restraint, and return to Constitutional values and Founding Fathers' principles, had been impugned as racist, violent, homophobic, and all their motivations have been impugned.
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I was one of the worst attorneys. I didn't enjoy law.
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When my parents first arrived there, North Dakota had just been admitted to the Union, and the country was still wild and harsh.
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I wanted to write about the Korean War, but I had no entry into it that made the kind of sense it needs to make for a novelist.
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He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.
