Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes
I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.
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I'm a lot more introspective than one would believe.
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I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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The nature and the DNA of IMAX has been redefined in the past years to shoot these huge blockbusters. But I think that it's not the sole purpose of IMAX to capture cars exploding in your face.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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I have been a judge for 15 years and I've made up my own mind during all that time.
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We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I have to trust what I do and then do it.
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I know how to wrap my turban a little better now. In the beginning, it was a little weird.
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I love shorts in the colder climates, because you can wear them with chunky sweaters and jackets. It's cute and funky.
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I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.
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I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two.
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I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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Innovation, being avant garde, is always polemic.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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When I was a boy, cricket was very, very English. Anyone who spoke English and anyone from a big town could play. And that was it.
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Face it, you have to be sort of an egomaniac to write something down and think that anyone is going to want to read it.
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People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
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Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.
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Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best.
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I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.
