Paul Greengrass Quotes
Action is only really compelling when it reveals character - character revealed through action, and not action for its own sake.
Quotes to Explore
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During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my personal political agenda on anyone.
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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.
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The work environment on 'Battlestar Galactica' is unbelievable, and it's something that doesn't come along very often.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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Literally, when I go to the vocal coach, I'm like, 'You are teaching me nothing.' You know?
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John Mayer and Jack Johnson are two of my all-time favorites. I love Colbie Caillat and really cool, beach-y, guitar, acoustic type music.
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I was getting a little bored with my hair. It's kind of a symbolic thing, just getting rid of the past, moving forward. It's amazing what a reaction you get when you cut your hair.
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At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root.
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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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A true knowledge of ourselves is knowledge of our power.
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People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.
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In the past, I used to tell everyone that I have never had a boyfriend, because I was still quite young. However, I cannot say the same thing now.
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As a comic, it's anti-comedy to be known. I think a lot of comedic actors get lost in this world of Hollywood and all this stuff. They lose what brought them there in the first place. I'm very trepidatious about it.
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It's my strong belief that when people love each other and are desirous of creating a committed relationship with each other that they should be allowed to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation.
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A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
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There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color.
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I work mostly in the studio; as I mentioned several times, the leaves are burgeoning and change so rapidly that I have been unable to prepare a single sketch. I am making little watercolors and pastels, I think they will come out all right; in the studio I am preparing five or six canvases, I work on one after another, I am getting used to working that way.
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Even the good she found in him was really the goodness she had put in him, the goodness he had put on himself as a disguise in order to get her to marry him.
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I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning.
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Collaborate, don't dictate.
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May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?
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Plot, or evolution, is life responding to environment; and not only is this response always in terms of conflict, but the really great struggle, the epic struggle of creation, is the inner fight of the individual whereby the soul builds up character.
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A lot of girls think they have flaws that really aren't flaws. I've never met a girl who was just so secure about everything.
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Action is only really compelling when it reveals character - character revealed through action, and not action for its own sake.
