Matthew Vaughn Quotes
I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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Istanbul is a vast place. There are very conservative neighbourhoods, there are places that are upper class, Westernised, consuming Western culture.
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I am practically in the employ of Mr. Nobel. I have to meet everyone he sends my way.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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What I generally get from being in Africa is a sense of warmth and openness. As a stranger, you are always welcomed into people's homes and people are always offering you food. That generosity is incredibly touching.
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You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Through Hamas, Iran has been able to buy itself a seat on the table in talking about the Palestinian issue. And, as a result, through Hamas it does play a role in the issue of the Palestinians, as strange as that should sound.
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If I had to live my life over, I'd live over a saloon.
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I didn't choose literature. Literature chose me. There was no decision on my side.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.
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We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.
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A yogi never forgets that health must begin with the body. . . .Physical health is not a commodity to be bargained for. Nor can it be swallowed in the form of drugs and pills. . . .
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There are grave misgivings that the discussion on ecology may be designed to distract attention from the problems of war and poverty.
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
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There is some indication, and I don’t have the conclusions, but some of this anthrax may - and I emphasize may - have come from Iraq.
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I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.
