Jasmila Zbanic Quotes
I want to show that drama doesn't lie only in blood and destroyed buildings but in daily life, in ordinary human beings.
Quotes to Explore
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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It is very lonely sometimes, trying to play God.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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I motivate others by making sure that they understand to go after their dreams and don't let anyone tell you you can't. If you are motivated enough and put the work in that you can achieve anything in life that you set your mind to.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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It is hard work to be good when you are very little and very hungry, and have many sticks to beat you, and no mother's lips to kiss you.
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I have a deep fascination with human nature, with all its virtues and all its defects.
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Everything I am, everything I've been allowed to do, career-wise, has come out of the opportunity I had with 'Cheers'. I think it's one of the funniest shows ever. They are some of my best friends.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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Whenever I hear that I'm on the brink of stardom, I feel like I want to run into a cave.
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Nobody wants to be against technology, but I think that regulators should not - and people should not - assume that faster is always better in markets.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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What I found fascinating was just how quickly the best of the young Negro League players were drafted into the major leagues once Branch Rickey broke the color line by hiring Jackie Robinson. It was clear that all of the major league owners already knew the talents of the black ballplayers that they had refused to let into their league.
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It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel that doesn't travel from one place to another, emotionally or locally.
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When you do voiceover it's such a fun job to be able to do. First of all, you can do it in your pajamas and you don't have to get dressed up for it.
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I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest number. It means in its nakedness that in order to achieve the supposed good of 51 per cent the interests of 49 per cent may be, or rather, should be sacrificed. It is a heartless doctrine and has done harm to humanity.
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Success is related to faith. Faith comes first.
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We learn so much about the world by what we take in through movies and TV and books - we learn who's worthy of having their story told.
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I want to show that drama doesn't lie only in blood and destroyed buildings but in daily life, in ordinary human beings.
