Martin Scorsese Quotes
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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The idea of music is to liberate the listener and lead him to a frame where he feels he is elevated.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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I'm basically useless in interviews because I don't remember anything. But I find it very peaceful, actually, because I have a sort of busy mind. I'm like, 'This is great!'
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I do not like carving the world into segments; we are one world.
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I felt 'Gone with the Wind' would last five years, and it's lasted over 70 and into a new millennium. There is a special place in my heart for that film and Melanie. She was a remarkable character - a loving person - and because of that, she was a happy person. And Scarlett, of course, was not.
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I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men.
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If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.
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My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
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Learn to say no in situations where saying no can be difficult, where it could mean getting fired. Say no anyway, because it could lead you to greater opportunities.
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Each show comes with its own set of problems to work through.
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I've always loved improv. It's my thing.
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Neurologists have a host of clinical tests that let them observe what a brain-damaged patient can and cannot do.
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I become quite obsessive when I get into something.
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Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind.
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The thing about metaphors is that, if you give them away, you give away the mystery.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer.
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As far as stand-ups go, I always loved Richard Pryor, Chris Rock, and Sinbad. Basically, I love black comedians because they're the funniest. I wish I were a black comedian, actually.
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Once in a while, I write in Malay and work on something fun that's more for the local Malaysian market, and when that happens, it's always something really special; it speaks volumes that I'm doing it for my fans who have been there for me since day one.
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I don't know that free trade... is good for our country and good for Iowa and Iowa workers.
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Ultimately, the less I know about what I'm doing, the better the work is.
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The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn't want to give a long dissertation.
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If I weren't making documentary films, I suppose I'd be teaching.
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You don't make pictures for Oscars.
