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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My love, growing up on the Prairies, was country music.
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Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.
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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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Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed:Who does the best his circumstance allowsDoes well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
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'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.
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The bigger your songs get, the bigger the festivals you play at will be, until you make it to Ultra. It happened super quick for me. I'm still in shock, actually. I have to pinch myself a lot.
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Samuelson, however, hedged his personal bets - by putting some of his own money in Berkshire Hathaway.
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A conscientious man would be cautious how he dealt in blood.
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I even have shoes that don't fit. They're just so cool, I wanted to have them.
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At HBO, they seem to be well-informed. They make what I think are really quite mature films.
