Doug Liman Quotes
To be honest, when I started watching VR content, I was mostly disappointed and thought people could do better - not that different from when I set out to make 'Swingers' and thought, 'There's a better way to make an independent film.' Which is why 'Swingers' ended up being so much less expensive than anything like it.
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Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I wanted life to be episodic. I wanted to be a magazine photographer and I was willing to do what it took to become that.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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No man may make another free.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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When we read about reading, we get to share an experience that is usually kept private. Incisive descriptions of reading help us to understand what is going on when our eyes move across words on the page.
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Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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'But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like?' 'Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of fold as'd like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they're going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is.'
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It's a tough one for me, politics. I grew up in a house where my father is a Christian book salesman and a Tory, and my mum's a social worker. So I can always see the benefits of both arguments.
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To be honest, when I started watching VR content, I was mostly disappointed and thought people could do better - not that different from when I set out to make 'Swingers' and thought, 'There's a better way to make an independent film.' Which is why 'Swingers' ended up being so much less expensive than anything like it.
