Pedro Almodovar Quotes
All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres.
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When I used to perform weddings, the image I always had was the image of a triangle, in which there are two partners and then there is this third force, this third being, that emerges out of the interaction of these two. The third one is the one that is the shared awareness that lies behind the two of them.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary and everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with self.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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Play for Canada? Why not? I have a Canadian passport.
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I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
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People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
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I am so happy that every generation still tunes into most of the classic and cult films I was lucky to be a part of.
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Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.
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Here's the thing about Apple technology: once you own a piece, you want to use it.
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The people considered the most in need of protection were women and children. The sex considered most disposable was men – or males....
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They could hardly believe it, the retreating arses of all that Mameluke or Turkish cavalry, heathen anyway, crying heathen words as they cantered off in gunsnioke and dust-clouds, dropping spears and jewels and good Birmingham pistols. And soon it was water water water, a world of blessed water, the muddy stinking welcoming mother Nile near Rahmaniya.
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It is obvious that art cannot teach anyone anything, since in four thousand years humanity has learnt nothing at all.
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There's this Bruno Mars guy. I met him in Hawaii when was doing Elvis imitations at the age of about five or six years old. There's a lot of old school in him. He's got a depth that I just love.
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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
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I think life's a bit of what you make it and a little smidgen of you being the jellyfish, and the tide's just gently helping you along.
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I think he is an entertainer. I would prefer if he were a performer.
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The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect.
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The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready.
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It's hard to explain why, but that regret made me suffer. It seemed to be the sign of a true interest in Lila, something much stronger than the compliments for my discipline as a constant reader. It occurred to me that if Lila had taken out just a single book a year, on that book she would have left her imprint and the teacher would have felt it the moment she returned it, which I left no mark, I embodied only the persistence with which I added volume to volume in no particular order.
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I'm learning to accept the lack of privacy as the real downer in my profession.
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I like Adele, Mika, Natacha Atlas and a beautiful old record, 'An Evening with Belafonte/Mouskouri,' starring Harry Belafonte and Nana Mouskouri. What they have in common is they all have incredible voices. I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.
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All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres.
