Joe Wright Quotes
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Once you research an idea, you begin to develop a perspective. Writing about anything in public, often in real time, has helped fashion my views.
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I used to shop in ASDA all the time. Every now and then I still go in to get a little salad for lunch.
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I had the option of building a career in the U.S. Many of my friends who went at the time did not come back, but for me, building the family business and being with family was worth it. I became a general manager within four months, as I used my education to improve productivity and output.
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If you don't feel like you're ready to get your license - just because people are putting pressure on you, don't feel like you have to rush into something. Take your time, really feel confident and be ready. It doesn't matter what other people say, do what's best for you and makes you feel safe.
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I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.
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When I first met Mandela, we did not discuss anything of substance; we just felt each other out. He spent a long time expressing his admiration for the Boer generals and how ingenious they were during the Anglo-Boer war.
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I actually spend very little time listening to any new music.
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A lot of the time we think finances are immediately linked to experience, opportunities, image, and all sorts of important things that can progress us in life. Sometimes they're not. Finances can be completely irrelevant if you allow yourself to feel like things are going well.
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Dan Henderson has been a fighter for a long time, and he's been a champion in many different organizations.
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Sometimes when it comes to the iconic kind of moments, when I read the script for the first time, you get little goose bumps or something because it really is kind of exciting.
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Popping broad beans out of their skins can be therapeutic, but it isn't everybody's favourite waste of time.
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In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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I have a lot of connection to Pataudi. I have spent a lot of time there and I love the place very much, but at no point, do I consider myself a Nawab.
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I want to be the number one songwriter-producer guy of all time.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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I meet an enormous number of incredible people all the time, people I find very inspiring, and I'm very busy.
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There is a design behind the world that we are living in, which is veiled to most of us most of the time, but every once in a while, you catch a glimpse of it.
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Dostoevsky was my literary idol for a long time.
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There is always this perception that you want to shoot for the top, but I think there's this great place to shoot for the middle and get consistent work and try different things and do the work you want to do with the kind of people you want to do it with.
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The thing about Toronto is that it's so versatile. There are so many different areas in it, that look like different places, that you can set almost anything there.
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There is nothing more dangerous for a population than self-censorship by fear.
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Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.
