Peter Weir Quotes
I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy.
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There are no sacred and unsacred places; there are only sacred and desecrated places. My belief is that the world and our life in it are conditional gifts.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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It's just incredible how people come up to me and say, 'Gabby, you inspire me to do anything I can set my mind to.' It's truly an honor.
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Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it?
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness - between the world and ourselves.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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I have this data bank garbage can in the back of my head that is an emotional collection of events that have occurred in my life.
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One should live between extravagance and meanness. Don't save money by starving your mind. It is false economy never to take a holiday, or never to spend money for an evening's amusement or for a useful book.
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We would like to preserve Europe for Europeans.
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The story of the Narmada valley is nothing less than the story of Modern India. Like the tiger in the Belgrade zoo during the NATO bombing, we've begun to eat our own limbs.
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People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line.
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The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!
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To be interested in food but not in food production is clearly absurd.
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I try to reciprocate and to give back to the fans with my performances, like a big 'thank you' for the love they show me.
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I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy.
