Brett Ratner Quotes
Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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The public thinks that homelessness is about not having any accommodation to go to.
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There is no point in pointing fingers because there are three fingers pointing back at you.
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I had rather be called a journalist than an artist.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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No Afghans, as far as we know, have been involved in terrorist acts against our country. We shouldn't be swatting at hornets' nests we know nothing about.
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Never mind money; the gifts of time and skill call into being the richest marketplace in the world.
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My whole life has been a huge mistake, but what a divine mistake - doing something that I adore.
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They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.
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I have quite a foul mouth.
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We need to and must protect privacy. But I think that people will be willing and even eager to share medical information about themselves for the greater good of mankind.
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I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.
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The capital goes wherever the opportunities are.
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I felt we must separate political responsibility. The Dalai Lama should not carry that burden. So that is my selfish reason - to protect the old Dalai Lama tradition. It is safer without political involvement.
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Through the program, they get the basics of what it takes to train.
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I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.
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Joni's genius is that she creates chords that are ambiguous, chords that have two or more different roots. ...Joni's music is as close to impressionist visual art as anything I've heard. ...harmonic complexity born out of her strict insistence that the music not be anchored in a single harmonic interpretation.
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Perhaps if you know you are insane then you are not insane.
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I don't know why people are so surprised by my live performances.
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It has often and confidently been asserted, that man's origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
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The thing that is always so surprising about plays written in another century is how remarkably elastic they are. When you listen to the way in which Shakespeare attacks relationships, for example, even though the words may start off sounding foreign, in actuality they are so accessible, the motivations so clear, the resonances so contemporary. When you put it in a modern context - we could well be in a place with someone like Gaddafi or Mubarak - it becomes apparent how Richard III resonates with that type of personality, with media and manipulation, alliances and petty jealousies.
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Before I did 'Rush Hour,' I was a big fan of Jackie Chan movies and I had seen all of them.
