Jim Piddock Quotes
Most of my writing work has been in film. I have done some TV, but most of it has been in film.
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There is no planning. On the night it is really great, it's euphoria and if it is not so great there is always tomorrow night. That was his attitude.
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It's hard to make a good movie in four weeks. It's hard. I've done it, but it's not easy.
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Push your luck. If you see a pretty girl in a bar, say something.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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It has always been a dream of mine to put a play on film.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.
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I am positive that I would see the end of child labour around the world in my lifetime, as the poorest of the poor have realised that education is a tool that can empower them.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
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There are two projects facing each other. There's Marine Le Pen's project of a fractured, closed France. On the other hand, you have my project which is a republican, patriotic project aiming at... reconciling France.
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Russia is not a homogenous country; it's a very fragmented country.
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'Santa Monica' was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But it's not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is.
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Education has always been very important to me.
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Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.
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Most of my writing work has been in film. I have done some TV, but most of it has been in film.
