Derek Jarman Quotes
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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Karaoke is something that's near and dear and very close to my heart. I was a karaoke host when I was working my way through university. I was a full-time student and karaoke was my night job.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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My favorite place is Central Park because you never know what you're going to find there. I also like that when I look out the windows of surrounding hotels, it's seems like I'm looking out over a forest.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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If I buy a game on Steam and I'm running it on Windows, I can go to one of the Steam machines and already have the game. So you benefit as a developer; you benefit as a consumer in having the PC experience extended in the living room.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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I love bayou life.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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My mom really wanted me to be a musician so she gave me a guitar for my fifth birthday, but I didn't start playing till I was seven.
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If you want a strong society, it has to be inclusive. If you have to push a boulder up a hill, do you want 10 people or 100? If you weed out colour or gender, you get 10.
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I exercise at home - light cardio and yoga.
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You take all the things that frighten you, and when you can get them to work for you all of sudden people are calling you a success.
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Once you get rid of the idea that you must please other people before you please yourself, and you begin to follow your own instincts - only then can you be successful. You become more satisfied, and when you are, other people will tend to be satisfied by what you do.
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People say to me, 'You make fantastic films' and I say, 'No, I make documentaries.'
