Pedro Almodovar Quotes
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The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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I like sitting close to windows.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Every good movie I watch, the hero becomes my favourite. I start blushing every time a hero romances a heroine.
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I just want to do my job.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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Prop 8 did something that no other state in the history of this country has done. It took away the rights of people that already were legally affirmed. Imagine someone putting something on the ballot saying your wedding, your marriage is no longer valid.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that.
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We don't grow older, we grow riper.
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I didn't mean to hit the umpire with the dirt, but I did mean to hit that bastard in the stands.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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Engineers start with technology and look for a use for it; business people start with a business proposition and then look for the technology and the people. Designers start with people, coming towards a solution from the point of view of people.
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I generally use 'threat intelligence' when I'm talking about a product packaged and sold by a dedicated commercial entity and 'information sharing' as something that happens between security teams at trusted parties without renumeration.
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I think too often in films, people think endings are a summation of plot, and I don't like that. Because once you know where you're going as an audience member, then it's like a video game. You're just waiting for them to get through the levels and beat the bad guy. And I just think that's boring.
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When one gets reports from scientists, engineers and technicians whose credibility by all common standards is high and whose moral caliber seems to preclude a hoax, one can do no less than hear them out, in all seriousness.
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I sense a kind of fear of writing black or Asian characters from non-ethnic writers, who perhaps feel that they don't know the culture and therefore can't write about it. By and large, if there's an Asian character, I might get a call. But if the character is called 'Philip,' the chances are I won't.
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I think that there is always a part of utopia in any romantic relationship.
