George A. Romero Quotes

I used to be able to pitch them on the basis of the zombie action, and I could hide the message inside that. Now, you can't. The moment you mention the word 'zombie,' it's got to be, 'Hey, Brad Pitt paid $400 million to do that.'

George A. Romero

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• We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity.

  

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• I take care of my flowers and my cats. And enjoy food. And that's living.

  

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• Interior design is a business of trust.

  

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• The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.

  

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• When you work in such a surreal environment as movies, just listening to some tunes or hanging out with friends is what you crave. Even time alone.

  

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• Now all my teachers are dead except silence.

  

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• If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.

  

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• Negligence is the rust of the soul, that corrodes through all her best resolves.

  

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• The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.

  

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• At the same, we need to remain sensitive to the reality that we are still an African society in which the majority of the people and communities live under severe deprivations and afflictions that are no fault of theirs.

  

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• I used to be able to pitch them on the basis of the zombie action, and I could hide the message inside that. Now, you can't. The moment you mention the word 'zombie,' it's got to be, 'Hey, Brad Pitt paid $400 million to do that.'

  

  George A. Romero
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