John Requa Quotes
How do you deal with giving yourself the options in the editing room for dealing with problems that come up from a shifting tone? It's trying to convince your actors to give you the genes and several versions to have more options in the editing room.
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A thousand years will pass and the guilt of Germany will not be erased.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I've always had an affinity for the fashion industry - I've always been drawn to it. But I grew up in Calgary in Canada, which, being a fairly isolated city, is not particularly known for having anything to do with fashion.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
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The key to winning baseball games is pitching, fundamentals, and three run homers.
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I need nothing from my companion. No money, no financial security, no emotional support, nothing. All I want is the freedom to be myself.
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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I've never been jealous. I've never had to be.
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Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
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If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.
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One of our targets as a country is to now work very closely with the Commonwealth countries - they could become a very big market for us.
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It was so gorgeous it almost felt like sadness.
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The worst evil that you can do, psychologically, is to laugh at yourself. That means spitting in your own face.
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Film directing is really undermined if you attempt to do it by committee because there has to be a single vision as to how to tell a story. It's like if you were at a campfire, and everyone is taking turns to give one sentence in telling a horror story. It would be a mess - it's not going to make sense.
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You talk through what exactly happened to Howard Dean on the campaign trail, what Bill Clinton must have lived through, what the daily grind of doing what these people have to do. And they can never lose their temper, they can never be tired, and they can never slip up, or it's on-camera, and it's everywhere - and it's over.
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How do you deal with giving yourself the options in the editing room for dealing with problems that come up from a shifting tone? It's trying to convince your actors to give you the genes and several versions to have more options in the editing room.
