Doug Liman Quotes
I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of. But at the heart of it was a fictional character.Doug Liman
Quotes to Explore
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To get a film in Cannes is a real honor. To have it play and not get booed is a real relief.
Taylor Sheridan -
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
G. Willow Wilson -
The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected.
C. S. Forester -
You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.
Yolanda Adams -
I am certainly not a good Muslim. But I am able now to say that I am Muslim; in fact it is a source of happiness to say that I am now inside, and a part of the community whose values have always been closest to my heart.
Salman Rushdie
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There's nothing more American than movies.
Adam McKay -
The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.
Walter Annenberg -
When historians of early America turned from the pursuit of past politics, they devised a category known in the academy as 'social and intellectual history.' In it, they stuffed nearly everything except politics on the assumption, which the anthropologists assured them was correct, that it would all fit together. Somehow it did not.
Edmund Morgan -
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.
Eddie Redmayne -
I studied Shakespeare all through high school. Both of my parents teach English and history, so it has always been around my experience as a young man.
Xavier Samuel
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Sure, I've listed myself as Cuban-American. That's my heritage and my background.
Ted Cruz -
To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history.
Eckhart Tolle -
I loved 'Monsoon Wedding' and 'Lunchbox' because they had 'real' stories. I wish there are more films made like them.
Garth Davis -
My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.
Yvette Clarke -
I don't believe you can get into somebody's character but more that somebody comes in you. You just use yourself. In everything I play, I feel like it is me. I just say different things on different times and look different.
Carice van Houten -
I read a lot of thrillers, especially American crime novels.
Kate Mosse
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Every reality show plot pales in comparison to our history.
Rachel Skarsten -
I don't look anything like my mother, except when I'm Lafayette. I look like my father.
Nelsan Ellis -
BlogHer is an incredibly important conference because it really taps into the power of women. It gives women an ability to do what they do - take care of the home, go to work - and, at the same time, spread their power through the power of the digital world.
Indra Nooyi -
I'm done with Everest. I did it three times, and I need to be good at that and be happy with it and focus on other climbs.
Conrad Anker -
My mum used to work for the Chanel store in Paris, so for me, I've always been very familiar with the brand because of her. I remember when I was very, very, little, our flat had Chanel shoe boxes, makeup, and some jackets.
Astrid Berges-Frisbey -
I populated 'The Bourne Identity' with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of. But at the heart of it was a fictional character.
Doug Liman