Matthew Heineman Quotes
So much of the access that I was able to gain with the Autodefensas was over months, not days.
Quotes to Explore
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Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.
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I find myself so easily discouraged. It is pathetic how easily I can be discouraged - easily discouraged by resistance, easily discouraged by opposition, easily discouraged by hardness of heart, easily discouraged by blindness.
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Moderation is actually the flip side of dieting, that is, imposed deprivation.
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All of the land of Israel is ours.
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It does seem to produce more creative results when there are limitations. It's like in wartime with rations - people became more inventive with cooking.
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all taxation is theft, and it isn't the job of a libertarian presidential candidate to cook up new ways to commit theft.
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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
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Will and Tommy Lee are the only actors I've ever worked with where neither of them want to say any lines.
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Men treat men differently than they would a woman.
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I am an academic, and I have always made it clear that my ultimate home is in the realm of ideas.
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I don't have any regrets about not having had children. What's the point? It's just something else to beat yourself up over.
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I'd love to write with some people from the U.K., like Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande... there's a very long list.
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I feel like I'm exactly where I should be.
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Mother or Murderer, you havegiven or taken life - Now all is one!
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The first instinctive response to any criticism is a defensive response. (The quicker the response, the more defensive.)
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We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it.
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I have so much to grapple with, I don't think too much about me. People call it the "dance of a thousand egos" when you make a movie. If only I had time to worry when I was making a movie about what the hell I was doing. It's sort of a marathon every day. And then at the end of it, you beg the producers for five more marathons.
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The trapeze was my first love. To me, it's normal. It's all I've ever known. But when I see other people's upbringings, I think, 'Hmm... mine was rather unconventional. Quite different!'
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The music business is almost unrecognizable from two decades ago. I have no idea how anybody makes a living at it without a trust fund.
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So much of the access that I was able to gain with the Autodefensas was over months, not days.
