Geoffrey S. Fletcher Quotes
My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
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I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes, I had one thousand and sixty.
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Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.
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I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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My brother and I have always had this theory that, as stupid as it sounds, in video games, there is a certain hand-eye coordination and a thought process that you can learn.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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You have to discover when you're inadequate to be funny and you don't know you're inadequate when you're a kid.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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I have only ever borrowed money for investment. I have been sound money all my life.
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If you present good government, then elections look after themselves.
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Particular individuals who might never consider dropping out if they were in a different high school might decide to drop out if they attended a school where many boys and girls did so.
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I was always kind of a loudmouth and a class clown, and that kind of led to doing all the school plays and trying out all kinds of different stuff.
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I've been very lucky. I made a choice, getting out of school, to follow the work and the people that really struck my heartstrings; 'Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812' was one of those - maybe it was an accident.
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My M.F.A was in directing, and all the films I've made, for film school and after, I've written, directed and shot.
