Denis Villeneuve Quotes
'2001: A Space Odyssey' is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also 'Blade Runner.' And 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is also one of my favorites. I'm always looking for sci-fi material, and it's difficult to find original and strong material that's not just about weaponry.
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Not even analysis, by itself, can transform you. You must still do the changing yourself.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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After being nearly eradicated from the lower 48 states by the 1960s, bald eagles were re-introduced to the Adirondacks in the 1980s, and I'm proud to report the view from my home indicates they are flourishing in upstate New York.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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I'm called a terrorist in the Arab media still today.
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It's very hard to transgress; we have the furniture of transgression without the imagery and iconography to actually do it.
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How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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If you can turn your wants into your needs, you can do anything.
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Being a musician, it's my job to be real and be true to whoever I am. Hopefully that will inspire other people. I hope it inspires people to be themselves and be comfortable in your own skin.
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The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing.
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You can never be too rich or too thin.
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I used to imagine working as a White House staffer some day, so it was pretty amazing to be there... realizing another dream.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.
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To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say.
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Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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Strength of will is the test of a young man's possibilities. Can he will strong enough and hold whatever he undertakes with an iron grip?
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I always find myself gravitating toward stories of transformation, and one of those periods is teenage life. When teenagers are figuring out who they are and have one foot in childhood and the other in adulthood - I think that's a really mythic moment to tell stories about.
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'2001: A Space Odyssey' is a movie that really impressed me as a teenager. And also 'Blade Runner.' And 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' is also one of my favorites. I'm always looking for sci-fi material, and it's difficult to find original and strong material that's not just about weaponry.
