Joshua Oppenheimer (Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer) Quotes
We all identify with the people we see, and in a good documentary, we are not just reading an account of the world, we're seeing and hearing our world.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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Take the time today to understand your contribution to any bad event you've just been through.
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I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
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You've gotta believe in yourself, and you just have to work harder at it than you've ever worked at anything before in your life. And if you keep doing that and keep believing in yourself, great things do happen.
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Having your fiscal house in order and having a more manageable macro-economic future is going to be very useful in creating growth.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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Both for my wife and myself, the personal friendships that have grown out of scientific contacts with colleagues from many different countries have been an important part of our lives, and the travels we have made together in connection with the world-wide scientific co-operation have given us rich treasures of experiences.
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I never find sincerity offensive... so, be sincere.
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Thanks to President Barack Obama, under the Affordable Care Act, millions more people will be eligible for health insurance, including many people with HIV.
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When you're little, your father is your hero. Mine was. Then it all becomes more complicated.
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As a society, we must not allow human rights abuses to go unnoticed and undocumented; it is a vital mission to fight ignorance of these tragic events.
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It's the playoffs. There's no room for okay.
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The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.
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I recommend you come to know your Father in Heaven. Come to love Him. Always remember that He loves you and will give you guidance and support if you will but give Him the chance. Include Him in your decision making. Include Him in your heartaches and heartbreaks. Include Him when you take inventory of your personal worth.
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I come from a highly moral family. I was very much taught what was right and wrong, and in my perception of things, I did something that was very wrong. To know that, and to then be so publicly exposed, was very hard.
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Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
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Black history isn't a separate history. This is all of our history, this is American history, and we need to understand that. It has such an impact on kids and their values and how they view black people.
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We all identify with the people we see, and in a good documentary, we are not just reading an account of the world, we're seeing and hearing our world.
