Jon Brion Quotes
Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended.
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I don't think it's an exciting thing to move back in with your parents.
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All objects, all phases of culture are alive. They have voices. They speak of their history and interrelatedness. And they are all talking at once!
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Of course I could have retired anytime. But retiring would drive me crazy.
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Pictures can be devastating. Who allowed John Kerry to get himself photographed windsurfing in a flowered swimsuit? Anyone in the real world in that operation?
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When you make a movie independently, you raise the money beforehand, and then you make the movie kind of by yourself.
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Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.
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Every actor's deepest desire is to reach a huge audience. So, I don't look down upon commercial cinema... there's a beauty in it that you understand sooner or later.
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I've never felt any huge intrusions into my personal life.
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If I'm going to the gym or the shops to get food, then I don't need to do anything - I'll just put on a pair of sunnies, and that's enough.
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Every poll shows that most journalists are Democrats.
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What is it to be normal, at 12, at 78? What is it like when you can't grow up?
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I don't pay to have my dirty work done for me. I do it myself.
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There's absolutely nothing that the God I believe in cannot do.
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I have had unsuccessful films, but I learned a lot from those films. I give my failures as much importance as my success.
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Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
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I guess the argument of contextuality is that anything is okay as long as it's done by people who are sufficiently unlike you.
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It is not necessary that you leave the house. Remain at your table and listen. Do not even listen, only wait. Do not even wait, be wholly still and alone. The world will present itself to you for its unmasking, it can do no other, in ecstasy it will writhe at your feet.
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In the '80s and '90s, China went through a giant change. It needed all resources. At the time, I was in the recycled paper business, and I realized the China market was a blank slate.
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As far as documentaries, 'Man on Wire,' 'Atomic Cafe,' 'Waltz With Bashir,' and 'Thin Blue Line' all offered me different perspectives to consider as we were designing the structure and approach to 'Tower.'
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Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.
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When I was in college I was accused of being a goody two-shoes. But every goody two-shoes has a bad side.
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Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.
