Jeff Lemire Quotes
I never thought I would work in mainstream superhero comics or Valiant or Marvel. I just set out to make the kinds of stories I wanted to make, which at the beginning was small personal stuff like 'Essex County.'

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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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Immigration is the sincerest form of flattery.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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For it is we who must pray for our daily bread, and if He grants it to us, it is only through our labour, our skill and preparation.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.
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It was fear. He didn't want to see a united Germany. Stalin made it clear to me – I spoke with him many times – that they couldn't afford to let Germany build up again. They'd been invaded twice, and he wasn't willing to have it happen again.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.
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It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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The gallery is generating work for the masses.
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Microsoft Products are Generally Bug Free...
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I never thought I would work in mainstream superhero comics or Valiant or Marvel. I just set out to make the kinds of stories I wanted to make, which at the beginning was small personal stuff like 'Essex County.'