Jeff Kinney Quotes
I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.
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When people first started watching UFC, it seemed like a no-holds barred event... early on it looked like all the fighters were crazy. Actually, there are a lot of techniques, and the reality shows have let people see the fighters behind the scenes.
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The talk about balance, nuclear balance, seems to me to be metaphysical and doesn't seem to be real at all.
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I don't really know that I'm aware of a lot of the inspiration and influence that I'm under, because I didn't have an extensive musically educational upbringing.
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It's all about connectivity - not just technical connectivity but geographic connectivity. That's what makes a city go.
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I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not.
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Authentic power is the real deal. You can't inherit it, buy it, or win it. You also can't lose it. You don't need to build your body, reputation, wealth, or charisma to get it.
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At some point, a flash of sustained clarity reveals the difference between what someone would have you believe is true, and what you know from the depths of your own heart to the peaks of your soul to be true. What happens after that is up to you.
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I thought it was respectful to each country to sing in their language.
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When I'm making the music, I feel like everything I throw out has to work. It counts. Because if you don't have people turning they neck all the way around to see what it is, it ain't stick on the wall.
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I genuinely miss writing now on the rare days I don't write; my mouth waters when I think about writing, and I have an extreme physical reaction to the idea of doing it.
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Fortunately, Iranians are politically active worldwide.
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Theatricality is a concept. It's not a specific language.
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I've been recording forever. I'm a watcher. I'm a stalker. I love everything about people. It's always been a passion for me to observe.
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You never toot your own horn.
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I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.
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This is the first time in history that we’ve had this level of luxury, so we have a new opportunity to rethink the way we approach God.
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Women’s genetic celebrity power magnifies men’s protector instinct. It inspires the government-as-substitute-husband. Men’s addiction to the genetic celebrity is either invisible or in the denial stage-thus we either don’t see it, or when confronted, deny it.
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You see, this war came to us, not the other way around.
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In my life, all of the best things that have happened to me have almost invariably been accidents or fate.
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Gavin Lambert was the first person in the movie business my wife and I met when we moved to Los Angeles in 1964.
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At parties, I'll start talking and notice everyone is looking at me and feel dumb and say, 'Forget it,' and then start eating things.
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I love my jokes.
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I got sort of sick of seeing Asians being the blank, bland real estate agent or something. I didn't care. It didn't mean anything to me.
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I think the most satisfying part about filmmaking is seeing a production in full bloom. When I write, I write in isolation.
