Bruno Dumont Quotes
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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If I could work with Joan Van Ark every day for the rest of my life I would.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I'm a storyteller. I love to tell stories about brands. I love to tell stories, period. I like painting pictures through the words, and that's what I do.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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More than anyone else, Hank Aaron made me wish I wasn't a manager.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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Of course I used to smile and laugh in 1976, but not when I was competing. Please show me somebody who laughs when they are concentrating; I always smiled.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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I don't know if I'd say I feel green, but I'm getting to know myself as an actor now in a way that I never did as a kid.
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Young actors often don't think of the consequences of doing nudity or sex scenes. They want the role so badly that they agree to be exploited, and then end up embarrassing family, friends, and even strangers.
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My wife's income allowed me to do what I really loved. I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.
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Only silence perfects silence.
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I am evidence that you don't have to sell a lot of records or succeed in the usual way to have a big audience and a job.
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People are always alert to any change and skeptical by nature.
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Everyone wants to live at the expense of the state. They forget that the state wants to live at the expense of everyone.
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Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars.
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There are people who love and appreciate this country, but they don't talk about it that way. Now is the time to talk.
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To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
