Derek Cianfrance Quotes
Every moment is, in some ways, eternal. Once you put something into the world, it stays there.
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People take things so seriously.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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I actually have a fear of the water because I nearly drowned. I got caught in a rip tide, and I wasn't a good swimmer because that was when I was emigrating from England to Australia.
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Sharing is the essence of social media.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
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I'd like to, when it's all said and done, say that I have at least a few stories that I feel proud of.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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My mother had an illegal abortion in 1960, which was the year the birth control pill came out, but I guess a little late for her, but - and I never knew. I found out when my father, after her death, got her FBI file.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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The companies that work are the ones that people really care about and have a vision for the world so do something you like.
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Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all men. For of the consolations which are to be derived from these (under any circumstances) the world cannot deprive me.
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Every moment is, in some ways, eternal. Once you put something into the world, it stays there.
