Brian Eno Quotes
You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.
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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Today we ought to be able to see first that Booker T. Washington faced a situation in which he was seeking desperately for a way out, and he could see no way out except capitulation.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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Most people are interested in seeing 27-year-old women who are in movies somehow connected to sex. It's interesting to everyone. Especially little movies that are having trouble getting made, there's always sex.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.
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I'm pretty mad at horror films for ruining my childhood.
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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I like an even-keeled, slow-paced job.
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Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can be a real journey to accept what that bond is once you both mature into it. Because it's not always what you want. It's not always what you expect. It's not always what you imagined or hoped. But it's one of the most important things in the world.
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Life is short. Do whatever you can to help people - not for status, but because the 95-year-old you will be proud if you did help people and disappointed if you didn't.
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Generally, if a good script comes in I read it, and if it appeals to me, it appeals to me. And it doesn't have to be anything - it doesn't have to be the main character, it doesn't have to be a huge part. It could be a nice cameo - anything that I think is good and surrounded by good, enthusiastic people.
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Character, to me, is the life's blood of fiction.
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You either believe that people respond to authority, or that they respond to kindness and inclusion. I'm obviously in the latter camp. I think that people respond better to reward than punishment.
