James E. Gunn Quotes
In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.
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I've lived most people's dream by playing football.
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It is commercial pop that the majority of people understand. A working man's daughter would not understand blues.
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I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Do I feel that white directors have to tell only white stories? No. Do I feel that black filmmakers should only tell stories about black people? No. If we say that, then that means Asian people cannot write about anybody but Asians. I don't think a woman should only write about women.
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.
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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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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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But I really believe that you don't do music because you want to, you do it because you have to.
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It's always been a great survival value for people to believe they belong to a superior tribe. That's just in human relationships.
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Wherever I go, people are so kind and so lovely and so warm and show their best self. So I feel very lucky.
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Don't you see what's at stake here? The ultimate aim of all science to penetrate the unknown. Do you realize we know less about the earth we live on than about the stars and the galaxies of outer space? The greatest mystery is right here, right under our feet.
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And then in 1956 or 1957 my family went over to Europe and I moved over with them, and immediately people in Europe thought my perspective on that issue was 100% correct.
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At night, I read. I read for two hours. I just finished a marvelous book by Louise Erdrich, 'The Round House.' But mostly I read 20th-century history and biography. I lived then. I was either a child or at school or at work.
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Whatever you want too much you can't have, so when you really want something, try to want it a little less.
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Everything is changing all the time, and I'm not going to stress out and spend my entire time chasing something that ultimately doesn't exist.
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A boy is not free to find a partner of his own as long as he must be the partner to his mother.
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The moment that one person in an argument claims to be God, dialogue and debate become impossible.
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In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope.
