Jehane Noujaim Quotes
In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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I truly believe that you have to bring more content to the table to survive in radio than saying, 'There was AC/DC, and here's Journey,' because computers can do that.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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Actors don't have real value.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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Time was God's first creation.
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I was a 'Duck Hunt' and 'Mario' guy, and stuff like that. I was never technologically driven. I never had all the cool, new toys. I was the youngest child, I wasn't the only child, so I wasn't spoiled as a kid. And, we were on the farm, so we didn't have a lot. Also, with computers, I'm not very good with them. I just check my email.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Nonchalance is the ability to remain down to earth when everything else is up in the air.
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I think the point of art is to be controversial in a lot of ways. It's to cause conversations, and it's to get people excited about and talking about the things that the films are about.
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When I was a teenager, I felt my life was constrained by rules, school, my parents. I wanted to feel like I was empowered and different; that's why superheroes, comics, manga, and video games filled my needs. When I got older, I realized power is not free; it comes with responsibility.
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I took pride in everything when it came to Canada. Not even just Toronto, everything that came with Canada, wearing that Toronto Raptors jersey.
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I wouldn't ever give myself the label bisexual, but bi-curious, yeah.
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In making films, I'm constantly looking for people who are in conflict and who are going to surprise you and challenge you.
