Jonathan Nolan Quotes
For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background.
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Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.
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Taste is the common sense of genius.
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Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
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Pun was just a natural-born genius with music, and he basically taught me so many tricks on how to make better music, even though I was the one that discovered him. He was so far advanced than me; he taught me a lot.
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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
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I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.
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Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
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There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
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Martin Freeman is a genius, he really is. He gives you every color of the rainbow in every take and it's wonderful just to play off of him and opposite him.
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Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.
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The genius of you Americans is that you never make clear-cut stupid moves, only complicated stupid moves which make the rest of us wonder at the possibility that we might be missing something.
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Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.
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In the judgment of the most competent living mathematicians, Fräulein Noether was the most significant creative mathematical genius thus far produced since the higher education of women began.
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Tom is back on a flight at 6:15 P.M. That is 6:15. Do you get it? Not 6:00 P.M. but 6:15 P.M. And do you know how many minutes that is? I do. I have also become a Time Lord.
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Your life is the sum total of all your choices up to this present minute.
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This woman is a genius in the day time and a beauty at night.
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I made my daughter read the whole. That's how you make atheists.
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Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right direction.
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The best results I have had in my life; the most enjoyable times, have all come from asking the simple question: 'What is the worst that could happen?'
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That which comes and goes, rises and sets, is born and dies is the ego. That which always abides, never changes, and is devoid of qualities is the Self.
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For a few minutes of every day, every man becomes a genius. This is the tragedy of life.
