Jonathan Demme Quotes
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Music is my release.
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I think of Twitter as the place where I go to have a great conversation when I can't have one locally, which seems to be all the time, and the more time that I spend on Twitter, the more I sort of curate this incredible group of very intelligent people that I just get to know purely through the quality of their thoughts.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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Tell people you're a Canadian or a Kiwi when you travel and they'll adore you.
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The old movie stars like Bogart, James Cagney, Jimmy Stewart, they weren't this gorgeous, striking six-foot man who's rippled with muscles.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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I want to lay all my cards out on the table and walk away with no regrets.
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The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.
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I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.
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At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
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Most people don't even get to be on TV, so I got to be on TV a bunch of times... I feel so lucky that I get to go back and forth between television and theater.
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I give tremendous weight to my positive reviews and none whatsoever to my negative ones.
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It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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It's okay to lie as long as you reach a higher truth doing it.
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That's what Democrats do best: breed black votes.
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A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.
