Francis Alys Quotes
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Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers from your inflammatory words, thoughts, and images.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
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You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.
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What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.
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Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.
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The next time a former child star is in the news, look at the age at which he or she started performing. Then imagine making a life-changing decision at that age. Chances are good he or she wasn't the one who made it.
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Nobody would let us do 'Crisis' again.
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'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.
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The greatest players use anger as fuel. Michael Jordan played every night with something like road rage.
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I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.
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When I was little, we used to have Atari.
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Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes.
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Vietnam was a lie but at least there was a political agenda. It was the domino theory. Iraq is about nothing but George Bush's ego laced with imperialist ambitions. And it was helped by your government.
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Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.
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In the eye of the tornado, there's no more high and low, no floor and sky.
