Jon Watts Quotes
I think saying 'a John Hughes movie' is just shorthand for a lot of people to say 'a coming-of-age story,' because I think, when you're of a certain age, that's what John Hughes means to you.
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We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.
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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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Twitter, Facebook are so different from where I began. It's like a fire that takes off... I'm reading everybody's Twitter.
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I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.
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I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going to say.
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Most people believe that the Creator of the universe wrote (or dictated) one of their books. Unfortunately, there are many books that pretend to divine authorship, and each makes incompatible claims about how we all must live.
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I'm all about telling stories. I like people to picture the music video in their head when they're just listening to the song.
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I always joke with people that having nephews is the best birth control there is.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything that I'm about: Put all my cards on the table and don't make them guess.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.
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Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.
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I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.
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Maybe I didn't have the childhood people think you should have, but I still went through the ages; I was still a child.
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Yes, as an oppressed people, American Indians have this epic burden, but first and foremost, they're human: sometimes a mess, sometimes funny or sad, at times very wise, and other times not wise at all - a lot like me.
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As a Yoga Therapist, focus on increasing people's quality of life not on curing diseases.
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I'm always excited when I can discover new filmmakers.
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I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was... And acting, that I've been doing since I was 5.
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I think saying 'a John Hughes movie' is just shorthand for a lot of people to say 'a coming-of-age story,' because I think, when you're of a certain age, that's what John Hughes means to you.
