George Hickenlooper Quotes
There's been a vacuum with movies that people can relate to. There's been a paucity of dramas that people can relate to. I think audiences are clamoring to connect - particularly after 9/11 - with things that are genuine and real and I think documentaries are filling that need.
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Ninety-five percent of the eggs produced in America come from factory-farmed birds. Even if free-range farms were hugely more humane, the sheer number of animals raised to satisfy people's desire for eggs, meat, and milk makes it impossible for us to raise them all on small, free-range farms.
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There's always going to be a little bit of autobiographical content to everything. It's how you lend some authority to what you write - you give it that weight by drawing on your direct experiences and indirect experiences from people that you know well, or a little.
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I'm really excited about the prospect of deepening what is already a really strong relationship that I have with the people of Broward.
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I immigrated to the United States in 2001 for college.
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If you're having a down time at school and people are bullying you, they don't know you. They don't have the right to have an opinion on you.
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When I think about atheist friends, including my father, they seem to me like people who have no ear for music, or who have never been in love.
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Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.
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We saw very little of the real Jack Buck behind the microphone. He would touch people in ways that we will never know. Jack was much more than just an announcer.
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Individually, people are finding that a simpler lifestyle provides greater satisfaction than relentless pursuit of materialism.
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I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them.
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My favorite Broadway show day-to-day, just for the experience, was 'The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.' The people were so much fun. It was a great show.
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We have people around the world who live in the United States, and these people don't deserve to be called traitors.
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A show hosted by a black had never been accepted, so the first time that knob's turned on, people are judging against all they have ever been taught. I may have been the first black in the house.
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Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people.
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Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.
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You feel this pressure that people will take you more seriously if you play guitar, but I've decided I'm a singer and that's enough.
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I try genuinely, when I'm playing a character, to not judge them and just to inhabit someone as how one sees them. That being said, you also want to make sure that you don't blur the edges of people too much because humans are naughty and complicated beings.
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Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan, and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R'. He loved it and said, 'Sign me up.'
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Sometimes people's spiritual ideas become fixed and they use them against those who don't share their beliefs - in effect, becoming fundamentalist. It's very dangerous - the finger of righteous indignation pointing at someone who is identified as bad or wrong.
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To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love.
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I'm a very positive person. I get excited easily, and I like to jump around.
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Love in a hut, with water and a crust,Is - Love, forgive us! - cinders, ashes, dust.
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There's been a vacuum with movies that people can relate to. There's been a paucity of dramas that people can relate to. I think audiences are clamoring to connect - particularly after 9/11 - with things that are genuine and real and I think documentaries are filling that need.
