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 don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
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I remember my parents quarrelling. They would talk as if they were against each other's ideas about Trotsky, but it was just a couple arguing.
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Women tell me they are different since 21 May - the day I was arrested - it's a positive change, they believe now.
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I've never, ever taken a role for money purposes or for some bizarre notion of what may be the kind of career move that would open things up for me. If I don't believe in it, I can't do it because I won't be good in it if I don't believe in it.
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The climate of our culture is changing. Under these new rains, new suns, small things grow great, and what was great grows small; whole species disappear and are replaced.
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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.
