John Curran Quotes
The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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A long-lasting and sustained recovery will never be achieved through massive government spending programs.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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If you put too much pressure on the Palestinian Authority, it will collapse - it will disappear - and Israel will have to formally re-occupy the West Bank and assume responsibility for the Palestinians there. The United States doesn't want that. Israel doesn't really want that.
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The country is not a democratic state. Therefore we fear that they might carry a recorder in their pocket or there may be bugs in the walls, and you cannot be absolutely sure that you get a straight testimony.
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Anyone that makes me a quarter of a billion dollars, I like.
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I love acting but I also love writing, especially comedy.
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Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always put tremendous effort into making each book a page turner: The harder it is for the reader to put it down, the better I've done my job.
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With His love, you can wake up every day with an attitude of faith and expectancy.
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Some critics have been very harsh. That's okay. I like honest criticism.
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Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.
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I've said this before, but I've always felt more comfortable playing the guy who thinks he's the hot shot or thinks he's the greatest and is so far from it, you know? The misguided character. That's always more interesting to me - especially with a comedy. I've always felt inside more like a character actor.
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The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up.
