James Wan Quotes
'Poltergeist' was really the film that really scarred, but fascinated, me with puppets and dolls, clowns and stuff like that.
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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I hope to work till I'm an old lady.
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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.
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It devolves upon the United States to help to motorize the world.
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I went with Lionel Hampton for three years. Out of that came a trip to Europe.
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My investment strategy, which is to focus on sectors that are a national priority for India, hasn't changed.
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When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he's saving a parking place.
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I love science fiction.
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To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created.
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Men, in fact, are excited and looking forward to settling down and having families and being true partners with women in relationships that are full of excitement, unpredictability, adventure, and loyalty.
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The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
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The Bowery was a place that would let us do original songs - not just covers - but we would have to work for tips, so we learned how to work an audience. In order to keep our jobs, we had to keep people happy, so that meant playing the latest Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top or Merle Haggard.
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Tasmania needs a watchdog, not a lap dog.
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We've got these stereotypes, and I think there can be some trouble when we force these on people.
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I've never been into parties, premieres or night-clubbing.
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I'm confident in the fighter I am, and I have nothing to worry about.
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I was meant to be a composer and will be I'm sure. Don't ask me to try to forget this unpleasant thing and go play football – please.
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No, we didn't shoot... in the ones that I did there were hardly any sex... there were suggestions of sex scenes but we never actually shot a sex scene as such.
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I still take my own lunches to work. That way I can control what I'm eating, as opposed to another doughnut.
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My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
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I have bizarre anxiety about being in a city - I have no idea who I am or where I am.
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The Internet and Twitter and all these things are very powerful, but it also means sometimes that instead of having a dialogue we just start calling folks - calling each other names. And that's true on the left or the right.
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Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
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'Poltergeist' was really the film that really scarred, but fascinated, me with puppets and dolls, clowns and stuff like that.
