Bruce Beresford Quotes
At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.
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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on its perception of public opinion.
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When hypocrisy is a character trait, it also affects one's thinking, because it consists in the negation of all the aspects of reality that one finds disagreeable, irrational or repugnant.
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Sometimes, I get afraid it has defined me, that sense of grief, loss and illness. But actually, it is about allowing myself to take hold and say: 'This is part of who I am, but not only who I am.'
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The role model approach to social change is no substitute for challenging unjust employment practices, educational policies and housing.
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Reggae music is not an easy music to like when it comes to the power in society. 'Cause it talks about changing society. You won't find it readily accepted.
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My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.
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I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese.
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I'm an ordinary person under extraordinary circumstances.
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Teamwork is a strategic decision.
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The biggest challenge in New Orleans has been to find workers who can climb a ladder after lunch.
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Straight couples don't have to be monogamous to be married or married to be monogamous. Monogamy no more defines marriage than the presence of children does. Monogamy isn't compulsory and its absence doesn't invalidate a marriage.
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For creative tasks, the best approach is often just to hire great people and get out of their way.
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Fashion is a way of not having to decide who you are. Style is deciding who you are and being able to perpetuate it.
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No women in ancient Rome ever had the vote.
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I don't often go to a place just to check out all the cultural sites of a city.
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I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.
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After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked.
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I have been maturing as a teacher.
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In a private room he showed me the first specimens of gold, that is he was not certain if it was gold or not, but he thought it might be; immediately I made the proof and found that it was gold.
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I didn't want to write a cheffy cookbook with dehydrated ham chips.
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Government can't create wealth, but it can create the conditions for private enterprise to flourish.
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At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.
