Paul Greengrass Quotes
Whatever your style or subject matter, in the end, film-making is about searching for authenticity - that is what the audience will divine.
Quotes to Explore
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Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.
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The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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Hamas has effectively kidnapped Gaza. Instead of turning it into the Singapore of the Middle East that was promised, they have turned it into a fortress of terror.
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If one has curiosity, then one stands the chance of attain a high level of scientific inquiry.
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I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It was really just a hustle. But I was kind of raised to work like that, so to me, it seemed very normal and natural.
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I wrote The Green Eye of the Little Yellow God in five hours, but I had it all planned out. It isn't poetry and it does not pretend to be, but it does what it sets out to do.
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There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.
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I've been happily dedicated to the same woman for a number of years. I never even look at other women.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced.
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It's nice to get to know people who are the same age as you that do the same things because it's like a different level of understanding.
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Web GIS provides us with a whole new window into our information through applications that are easy, 3D, and analytic. These applications are not just casual things, but reach deep into geographic knowledge and apply it.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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Without community events like NewFest, I don't think we'd have a queer cinema in America.
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I actually enjoy Britney Spears. Not as a singer but as a performer. I just enjoy watching her. I think, 'You are so brave.'
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
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I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.
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I never have time to have a dinner. I have to eat while I'm memorizing lines. The only way to maintain energy is to eat all day long. I must eat all day long.
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Read works which glorify God - not so that you can change what others think about you, but so that you may get closer to Him!
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The guilty one is not the person who has committed the sin, but the person who has created the shadow.
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Over the years, I've been trying to build a relationship with an audience. I've tried to maintain as much of a low profile as I could so that those characters would emerge and their relationship with audiences would be protected.
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You lil Fraggle Rock, beat you wit a padded lock
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Whatever your style or subject matter, in the end, film-making is about searching for authenticity - that is what the audience will divine.
