Jim Crace Quotes
I liked journalism and thought it was important, certainly more important than fiction. I'd probably still be doing it if I hadn't been elbowed out.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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It's a hard life... but if I could, I would do it all again.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Candidates should be extremely cautious in displaying a sense of humor. If he or she tells a joke with a point, there is almost certain to be some minority group offended.
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You do your work as fully as you can, and the ones who hear the sound join in.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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We play a hip-hop song and suddenly 25 people on the left jump up and put their hands in the air; then you play Lost Cause and they're like, I don't know about this one.
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Women who give up their children for adoption are years and years later talking about how painful it was, much more than women who have abortions.
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I've worked at this film festival in Telluride called the Telluride Film Festival. Been there since 2002. I used to make popcorn. I was an usher. Cleaned toilets, everything. Grew up there as a kid.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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Everybody has to find out: who are you? What do you believe in?
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Theatre is great, but we don't live in an idealistic world, and we have to pay our bills.
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If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.
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Rules are important, but they're temporary and they're always supposed to be changed.
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I love color, and I'm very inspired by curvy women and helping them feel good in their clothes.
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I'm doing a music video for a group called 'Die Antwoord.' That's fun, but yeah, I'm trying to get a live-action film off the ground, and that could take anywhere from a few months to the rest of my life.
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Beware of what you let enter your heart. There will come a day when you'd give anything to remove it.
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I liked journalism and thought it was important, certainly more important than fiction. I'd probably still be doing it if I hadn't been elbowed out.
