Jonathan Swift Quotes
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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It gets very tiring when you are filming and then taken to a room to do school work. I never get any rest time. It is either work or school. Once you are an adult, you get to take a nap in between shots.
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'Faith' and 'trust' are words that put the power in the hands of an outside force that we are meant to rely on - whether it is God or a person or the universe. Certainty puts the power back in our hands.
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I think that this is the first war in history that on the morrow the victors sued for peace and the vanquished called for unconditional surrender.
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Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
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My life is my message.
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I always wondered what it would be like to have a normal childhood.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
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I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
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I think the best comedies came out during the Depression. Personally.
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I write about true-life type things.
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I first learned how to do hair from drag queens. I learned eyelashes are the key to life, because they make everyone look fabulous.
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
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Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction.
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Europe, in legend, has always been the home of subtle philosophical discussion; America was the land of grubby pragmatism.
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Thank God I'm with the love of my life. That's why I know I'm right where I'm supposed to be.
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I try to read 20 books a year.
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You can recognize almost immediately if the film you're watching is the product of some kind of a hive mind or the result of a personal vision and genuine collaborations. 'Manchester by the Sea' reminds us of the potential of the latter and, for that reason, is the kind of work that makes me, as a filmmaker, want to continue. It's inspiring.
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Each time I make a movie, it's like a paid scholarship to a different university course.
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At the end of the day, my life isn't about other people's work. I've got to stop giving stuff away. I've got my own stories to tell, and a great need to tell them. I've got these images, these thoughts in my head, and I need to find a way to cope with them.
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A lot of the time the film chooses me. I'll be working and I'll get a call from my agent and I'll get the script and then tell him what I think.
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Hobbes clearly proves, that every creature Lives in a state of war by nature.
