Brian Helgeland Quotes
It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.
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The loss of life will be irreplaceable.
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A lot of the players that I play with who are Canadian, they call me Patty. Before then, I never heard it. I didn't mind Patty.
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What we do is nothing like the portrayal of badminton as a gentle game played in a church hall. Badminton can be fun and relaxing, but as professionals, this sport is our heart and soul and passion, and our games are fast and aggressive.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I developed in my head that I'm never any better than my last concert or the last time I played, so it's like an audition each time. You get nervous just before going onstage. I still have that, but I think it's more like concern. You're concerned about the people - like meeting your in-laws for the first time.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I take pride in taking care of all the housework so that my wife, who works as a designer for Martha Stewart, won't need to sacrifice any of her leisure time when she gets home.
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The Latin musical tradition is very rich and gives the singer a lot of freedom to explore a range of.
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What do I want in a good fantasy book? Court politics and social interactions based around houses and cities. Powerful women and devious men. Drama and action with emotional ramifications. Frocks. Kissing. Swords. An intense impression of history in the world-building.
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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
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I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.
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Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.
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I was fortunate to be raised by loving grandparents.
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As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted 14 years ago...
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When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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I hope for the day when everyone can speak again of God without embarrassment.
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It's such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, 'Action!' It's like being a little mini-god.
