Peter Weir Quotes
Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised.
Quotes to Explore
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.
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There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
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It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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I've already established my (political)machinery. It's like a car. It's fixed already. You just have to get in and drive it.
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If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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As people talk, text and browse, telecommunication networks are capturing urban flows in real time and crystallizing them as Google's traffic congestion maps.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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The single most important thing we can do to protect our communities from climate change is to reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.
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I've been into every doo-wop there is. I think I went to the university of doo-wop-ology.
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Whatever storytelling muscles you've developed as a documentary filmmaker will be extremely helpful as a narrative filmmaker.
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It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward.
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The man who would forge to the front in this competitive age must be a man of prompt and determined decision.
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Realities are greater than ideas. Because sometimes ideas can separate us unnecessarily. So let's attend to the realities that we have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. That's what I want to do.
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To think that guys who grew up in the '60s would make a miniseries supporting the idea that Oswald acted alone is something I certainly wouldn't have predicted. But time and evidence can change the way we view things.
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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time.
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A lot of us simply disengaged from politics altogether, but then we woke up and went wow, wait a minute. Why does that insane conversation get to dominate? Who made those people the creators of the conversation? And how can we start a new one?
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You can't get a job without experience and you can't get experience until you have a job. Once you solve that problem you are home free.
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Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren't fully realised.
