Eric Fellner Quotes
Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that should have been at Cannes.'
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It's no secret that I've been reluctant to use my name for things.
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Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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We must recognize and keep in the public consciousness the significant contributions and sacrifices Americans of every community have made that have helped forge the greatest country our world has ever known.
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When I walk for a designer, I walk the ramp as Vijender Singh, the boxer. I believe that by doing so, boxing will at least, in some way, get promoted in our entertainment industry. Plus, if cricketers can, why can't I?
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I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments.
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I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
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It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.
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If what I read doesn't reflect my life - whether I'm gay or Latino or on welfare - doesn't that really mean that my life is not valuable?
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I know about various fictional and folkloric vampire mythoses the way other people know about the personal life of celebrities.
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If our hearts are ready for anything, we are touched by the beauty and poetry and mystery that fill our world.
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My own feeling is that human happiness is a very random thing, and bestows itself willy-nilly, and there’s not much deserving about the matter.
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Men in the mass never brook the destructive discussion of their fundamental beliefs, and that impatience is naturally most evident in those societies in which men in the mass are most influential. Democracy and free speech are not facets of one gem; democracy and free speech are eternal enemies.
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The boots of the men clump On the boards of the bridge. The first white wall of the village Rises through fruit-trees. Of what was it I was thinking? So the meaning escapes.
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Ist es denn wirklich so, dass wir jeden Dreck, der vom Westen kommt, nu kopieren müssen? Ich denke, Genossen, mit der Monotonie des Je-Je-Je, und wie das alles heißt, ja, sollte man doch Schluss machen.
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It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity - of Infinity. Here they have seen the symbol of God's great plan of oneness with His creatures, for the sea is the union of all infinite particles, and it takes the whole to make the one.
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He reduced everything to politics; he was also unalterably of the Left. His line may have been unpopular or unfashionable, but he followed it unhesitatingly; in fact it was an obsession. He could not blow his nose without moralising on conditions in the handkerchief industry.
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The 'passion for incredulity' can produce as much self-deception as the uncritical will to believe.
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My mother was 14 when she was in the concentration camps of Nazi Germany. My mother’s alive and well, but only because of America. Without America’s military, the world would be in deep… fill-in-the-blank. I’m forever grateful for that.
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Since JPMorgan Chase announced its surprise $2 billion-and-growing trading loss, there have been renewed calls from economists, pundits, and politicians to reinstate the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era law that prevented commercial banks from participating in investment banking activities.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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My job is to work hard and be honest with my character, and that's in my control. I can only try to give my best performance.
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My mom went through civil rights; my dad went through civil rights. My name was Kenya because they wanted to give me an African name.
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Apart from 'Stoned,' I can't think of a film that's made me think, 'Blimey, that should have been at Cannes.'
