George A. Romero Quotes
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If you find diseases before they've really emerged, you can control them early on, before you get a major epidemic.
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I was drawn to things I thought were either sexy or aggressive - or both.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.
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He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.
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Fairy tales are stories of triumph and transformation and true love, all things I fervently believe in.
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I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put into these central roles and they're commanding armies - but they can't quite pull it off. I'd much rather do it in small steps and build it from there.
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I'm lucky to be married to someone who entirely gets what I do. She is totally sympathetic to the actor's life. Her own mother was an actress, so she sort of grew up with it.
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There was a certain feeling I developed as a young person for black people. Somehow they were able to get pleasure out of things that I couldn't see them enjoying. I heard them sing a lot, and I didn't hear white folks going down the cotton rows singing that much.
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My face changes when I wear make-up; I don't recognise myself.
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From a relationship perspective, givers build deeper and broader connections.
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We owe our success to them, and also to the fact that, as the saying goes, two 'Eds' are better than one.
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If it's anything I can't stand, it's yes-men. When I say no, I want you to say no, too.
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Within the black community, roughly 60 percent of children are born to single moms. Moms don't have the emotional wherewithal to deal with their children. Their English is atrocious. Their speaking is atrocious. The dropout rate is horrendous.
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I'm not going to present myself one way all the time just because it will make me sell best.
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You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.
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I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.
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The greatest source of inspiration for me has been my wife; she is the love of my life, my best friend, and my most ardent supporter.
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Modern science is no longer denying spirit. And that, that is epochal. As Hans Küng remarked, the standard answer to 'Do you believe in Spirit?' used to be, 'Of course not, I'm a scientist,' but it might very soon become, 'Of course I believe in Spirit. I'm a scientist.'
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At the time of Indian independence, I was a student in London and we the students, Indian students, celebrated the moment with great joy. I was exhilarated, no doubt, but the shadow of two events fell upon the jollifications. First, a sense of disappointment that the imperialist objective of dividing India has been achieved. And second, the communal carnage which took place in India cast another shadow on it.
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I love 'Shaun of the Dead.'
