Mathieu Kassovitz Quotes
It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will make a difference, when the government sees the film and does nothing about it?
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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We must continue building in all corners of the Land of Israel, with determination and without being confused.
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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My family are huge 'Star Wars' fans.
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Still, records are documents of a period of time. Most records are documents of two or three years, and I just approached it as a record I was doing over a 20-year period of time.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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In '94, we made the deal during collective bargaining that wasn't the right deal, just to save the season. Allowing the 'in the crease' rule, the foot-in-the-crease rule, we should have not done.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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Thoughts are mental energy; they're the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don't want.
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Life is tragic comedy, in a way. There is humor.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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Health is never going to go out of fashion.
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The handwriting on the wall may be a forgery.
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My whole back's tattooed. I just wanted a twist. I was always in punk bands when I was little... I think that's where the tie comes from.
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Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read.
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In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary school. In university, Mubarak was still president of Egypt. I came to assume, subconsciously, that he - and others like Paul Biya in Cameroon and Muammar Gaddafi in Libya - would never leave.
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You're a legend in your own mind.
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I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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I went to a football game, and people were shouting my dad's name, and I was like, 'What? Oh my God.'
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It's good that they've seen it, but how can I be satisfied after working for two years making a film which I hope will make a difference, when the government sees the film and does nothing about it?
