D. A. Pennebaker Quotes
I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Ever since childhood, when I found out that the ultimate fate for all humans was death, sheer terror and morbid curiosity had been fighting for supremacy in my mind.
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing.
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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As human beings, we are the only organisms that create for the sheer stupid pleasure of doing so. Whether it's laying out a garden, composing a new tune on the piano, writing a bit of poetry, manipulating a digital photo, redecorating a room, or inventing a new chili recipe - we are happiest when we are creating.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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I'm under pressure with all my films. And the reason we are always under pressure is because it's only in our profession that months and even years of hard work is judged by the first show on Friday.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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I always believe that people can learn a broader skill set. You need good technology and solving a big problem. I always think that, at it's core, it's solving a problem; you're not building technology for the sake of technology.
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Singles, whatever. But selling a million albums feels like an impossible thing to do.
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I first started asking big questions when I was 12, and by big questions, I mean, 'Why are we here? What is this business? We're alive for a few short decades and then poof, we're out of here.'
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.
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I didn't have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college.
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If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag, wash it.
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This is unexposed film of Greenwich Village because nothing ever happens there.
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I heard the new film, 'Tangerine,' was filmed entirely on iPhones. No cameras were involved!
