Matthew Heineman Quotes
The story is supposed to change; it's supposed to evolve. In making 'Cartel Land,' I ended up with a much, much different story than I started with.
Quotes to Explore
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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L.A. makes you feel ugly.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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The thing that I really look for in people is enthusiasm and excitement and, not to sound really sappy, that fire in their eyes.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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I kind of stumbled into comics in a roundabout way. One of the first films my father introduced me to was the 1989 'Batman,' the Tim Burton one.
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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
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I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd.
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'The Big Sleep' would have been a more effective study of nightmarish existence had the detective been more complicated and had more curiosity been shown about his sweetheart's relation to the crime.
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I work a lot of hours, and in this business you really try to keep as busy as you possibly can. Sometimes when you really focus on kids in your free time you lose the husband and wife relationship to some degree. It's been a real focus for us to make sure we stay focused on us two.
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There's something really cool about TV. TV, you get the luxury of having the same people around. It is such a blessing when you get a TV job. You really have a chance to get to make, like, work friends. I think TV is one of the few mediums where I've had the opportunity to get to know my crew members.
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The Jews talk about 'never again.'… You cannot say 'Never again' to God because when he puts you in the oven, you're in one indeed!… 'Never again' don't mean a damn thing when God get ready for you!
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I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.
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John Kenneth Galbraith doesn't get enough praise. The Affluent Society is a great insight, and has become so much a part of our understanding of contemporary capitalism that we forget where it began. It's like reading Hamlet and deciding it's full of quotations.
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I can play any instrument if you give me 20 minutes.
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American television constantly tries to co-op British comedy and create their own version of it. Most of the time it doesn't work; obviously, in the case of 'The Office,' it did. But a lot of times, it doesn't really work.
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The story is supposed to change; it's supposed to evolve. In making 'Cartel Land,' I ended up with a much, much different story than I started with.
