Peter Brook Quotes
Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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Putin must be punished for violating the Budapest Memorandum, and Russia must learn that the U.S. will isolate it if it insists on acting like a rogue nation.
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If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I've now been in this country for thirteen years, since I was seventeen. So this is my second home.
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Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.
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U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
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No one person is an island.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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You can always tell in a movie when they are setting you up for something. If someone leaves an important object on the table and walks away, the camera will have some way of indicating that to you.
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You are a much more forceful advocate against gender bias and wage inequality if you actually hire women. If you are a white man who advocates for change, then hire someone other than a white man as an example of that change.
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I believe that, if managed well, the Fourth Industrial Revolution can bring a new cultural renaissance, which will make us feel part of something much larger than ourselves: a true global civilization. I believe the changes that will sweep through society can provide a more inclusive, sustainable and harmonious society. But it will not come easily.
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Because the artist deals in future realities, he always seeks improvements or changes in the existing reality. This makes the artist, inevitably and invariably, a rebel against the status quo. The artist, day by day, by postulating the new realities of the future, accomplishes peaceful revolution.
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Tradition itself, in times of dogmatism and dogmatic revolution, is a revolutionary force which must be safeguarded.
