Doug Liman Quotes
My films are very rooted in specific people's point of view. Some film-makers give a more global point of view, like God looking down at the characters.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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Contrary to the royal and uptight image of polo, I want to bring it to a younger generation. This is a great sport that can have a larger audience and appeal to more people. Sportsmanship is lacking in many other sports that I don't want to name.
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I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.
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What is Oracle? It's people. We rely on our HR department to build this organization, to help find those people, to help grow those people.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.
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I don't want to privatise part of the parliament, like some people in Russia.
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It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.
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I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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I understand entertaining. You want people to walk out saying, 'I spent a night with interesting people.'
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
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People love coming on television, even if they have to show their miseries.
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Essentially this promise before curse, this superiority of God's love in Christ, must come from the Bible.
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I really admire people who have a natural sense of style. They have a super power.
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Most people know Muslims in their community but don't realize it.
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What's amazing is that so many leaders who value teamwork will tolerate people who aren't humble. They reluctantly hire self-centred people and then justify it because those people have desired skills.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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Writers are historians, too. It is in literature that the greater truths about a people and their past are found.
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Oscar: In a society where dissenting viewpoints are suppressed, those viewpoints are potent and dangerous... Where dissent is tolerated, it rapidly becomes quaint and is viewed as un-sophisticated; people merely amuse themselves with the expression of contrary opinion. (p. 41)
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I've never been comfortable working live, and I'm still not. I was always more music-oriented and less star-oriented, which is why I've never been comfortable on big stages in big halls.
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I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.
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People say you can't change the world. But you can change people.
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My films are very rooted in specific people's point of view. Some film-makers give a more global point of view, like God looking down at the characters.
