Jan de Bont Quotes
I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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Truth in our society often takes a back seat to securing gainful consequences.
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New York is a fantastic city.
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I'm such a girl because all the guys go for cars because of their engines or something like that. I like the colour and the design.
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I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.
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There thus appears to be an inverse correlation between recovery and psychotherapy; the more psychotherapy, the smaller the recovery rate.
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I feel like trouble has followed me from the day I was born.
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It's more than a little ironic that the mantra that swept Bill Clinton into office is exactly what prevented Hillary from winning it. Somehow, the Manhattan billionaire became the voice of the disaffected blue-collar middle class in states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
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We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity.
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Remember, tomorrow is promised to no one.
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The main event isn't bitcoin. It's using the blockchain to disrupt other industries and Wall Street.
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Some Muslim students experience secularism as an act of aggression.
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The American people have no control over what the military does. We have no say in American foreign policy.
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I quickly discovered that trying to go play golf while living in Manhattan was about as easy as trying to grab a taxi while standing out in front of Saks Fifth Avenue in the freezing rain on the last shopping day before Christmas.
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Trust is the most important part of a relationship, closely followed by communication. I think that if you have those two things, everything else falls into place - your affection, your emotional connection.
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The best way in the world to advertise is to get somebody else to run around with the name of your product on their person or showing it around somewhere and not only that but they're paying for it.
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I would fly to Los Angeles just for a cheeseburger with pickles and extra tomatoes from In-N-Out.
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I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.
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Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing.
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I do indie films for the sense of fulfillment and to achieve my goals as an artist.
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Through my studies, I became increasingly disillusioned with the international aid system. I think we systematically deny poor people the chance to engage as equals in the global economic order. At best, we give them handouts or tiny loans and hope they will suffer a bit less from extreme poverty. We don't view them as equals.
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Shareholder activism is not a privilege - it is a right and a responsibility. When we invest in a company, we own part of that company and we are partly responsible for how that company progresses. If we believe there is something going wrong with the company, then we, as shareholders, must become active and vocal.
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My life is not that glamorous. I actually live a pretty simple life, really. I just work. I don't have time to do all these glamorous things. I just do my thing, just work.
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I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.
