Walter Murch Quotes
This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
Quotes to Explore
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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.
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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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Everyone asks me if I'm the princess or if my brothers beat me up. The younger ones I can deck pretty easily. With the older ones, it's harder.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top.
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How hard can it be to walk up and down in a straight line? You just need to put one step in front of another; most people do it all the time. What's the worst that can happen? You fall over. Sometimes that happens to non-models, too; it wouldn't be the end of the world.
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I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.
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Broad tolerance in the matter of beliefs is necessarily a part of the new ethics.
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What we need is an electronic encyclopedia of life, with one page for each species. On each page is given everything known about that species.
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I love the subtlety and tonal range of the acoustic guitar.
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We still need to be conscious of the fact that Russia has intercontinental ballistic missiles.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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The only reason I'd ever get a sex change operation is to see what it's like to be right all the time.
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If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but if you outlaw a whole group of people around Robin Hood, then Robin Hood and his merry men become legends.
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Since the big band started I'm just always swamped with movies and things. It certainly pays the bills and it's very satisfying, because I get to write all these big charts and all this crazy music.
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I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.
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I promptly fell in love with scientific research and soon had assigned myself, as a major vocation, the task of elucidating the mechanism of action of the antidiabetic hormone.
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This applies to many film jobs, not just editing: half the job is doing the job, and the other half is finding ways to get along with people and tuning yourself in to the delicacy of the situation.
