John Singleton Quotes
The more people who see a film, the more life it has. But I don't like when people watch DVDs and look at two scenes, but they don't look at the whole movie. Or they sit and talk to each other. You should always watch a movie all the way through.
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I love to smell like roses, literally all day!
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The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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Whenever I am asked about my personal relationships, I politely reply, 'No comments.'
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It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.
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I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
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People don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.
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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.
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Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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Every formula of every religion has in this age of reason, to submit to the acid test of reason and universal assent.
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People are asking us, 'Why have you gone country?' And we say, 'Man, we were born country.' They gave us the tag 'Southern rock' years ago as a way of not saying country.
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People talk about perfect timing, but I think everything is perfect in its moment; you just want to capture that.
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Acting for me, is a passion, but it's also a job, and I've always approached it as such. I have a certain manual-laborist view of acting. There's no shame in taking a film because you need some money.
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I thought I had to work at someplace everybody's heard of. It was never, 'I'm interested in such and such. I want to work in such and such magazine.' It was like, 'Oh, my G-d, I really need to work for somebody so people will think I'm OK.' So I got a job at 'Popular Mechanics'.
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The more people who see a film, the more life it has. But I don't like when people watch DVDs and look at two scenes, but they don't look at the whole movie. Or they sit and talk to each other. You should always watch a movie all the way through.
