George A. Romero Quotes
Nursery rhymes were political when they were first written! To me, that's what it's about: it's about using it to say something more than just what the story is.
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Nuclear power is not a miracle key for the future.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Intellectual Ventures is a company that invests in invention.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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People on television have trouble with fame because audiences think they're their mates.
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Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.
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Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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It's aggravating that Hollywood has never gotten credit for the role it played in promoting modern design.
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I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'll watch myself back on 'Xtra Factor' and want to do it again because of a few hiccups.
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Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
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I used to enjoy bad television, like really bad quiz programmes or sitcoms.
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I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.
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People have said I played some pretty amazing gigs in the seventies, but in all honesty, I probably played one good show in three.
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Music is always a creative process that comes from the heart. It's a feeling, a vibration, that we ride on.
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In essence, money gives us the calories we need to survive. Over time, we became aware that exchange and cooperation increase our chances for survival. Eventually we create tools to facilitate trade. One of these tools is called money.
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Critical in this process of wisdom being passed down is that you also need to take it in; you need to listen to it.
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Lunches don't get free just because you don't see the prices on the menu. And economists don't get popular by reminding people of that.
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Nursery rhymes were political when they were first written! To me, that's what it's about: it's about using it to say something more than just what the story is.
