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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I think most people read and re-read the things that they have liked. That's certainly true in my case. I re-read Pound a great deal, I re-read Williams, I re-read Thomas, I re-read the people whom I cam to love when I was at what you might call a formative stage.
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Those who draw their sustenance from science are blessed. It is for me to only derive an occasional pleasure. This is nothing worthy of conceit, but I am indeed touched by the joys. This book is an ode to such joys, a digest of my collections from various sources.
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My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well.
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'Shogun' was a mini-series, so even though it went on television, we filmed it like a movie.
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Who would have thought that somebody Latino was going to be singing with Beyonce at Coachella? Years ago? Nobody. But I did believe in me. So, that's what I want to do: keep inspiring people as much as possible.
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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.
