Errol Morris Quotes
Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to me a good thing.
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I think chalking up human behavior to evil lets us all off the hook too easily.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.
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I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.
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I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
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I love making lists.
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I like doing very high action things. Running, boxing, a lot of free weights. They're not heavy. I eat what I want, really, because I think that while you're working out you can eat better.
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You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.
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In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailing-boat equipment, the gin and tonic.
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When it comes to silencing women, Western culture has had thousands of years of practice.
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I said I'm going to vote for Hillary. But my philosophy is that everything's workable. If Trump is president, I'll work with that guy. I don't know if he's terrible or what. He's refreshing in that he doesn't speak in that political way. I don't quite understand why everybody hates Hillary so much.
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We are stronger as a group than an individual. Think in a cooperative and communal way, set up local food hubs and create growing communities.
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I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like 'Diane Keaton' and Mia Farrow.
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We thus find ourselves in the situation that the entire theory of man-made global warming-with its repercussions in science, and its important consequences for politics and the global economy-is based on ice core studies that provided a false picture of the atmospheric CO2 levels.
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History is rooted in the future
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Judgment can be acquired only by acute observation, by actual experience in the school of life, by ceaseless alertness to learn from others, by study of the activities of men who have made notable marks, by striving to analyze the everyday play of causes and effects, by constant study of human nature.
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Now a lot of us are preachers, and all of us have our moral convictions and concerns, and so often have problems with power. There is nothing wrong with power if power is used correctly.
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Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues is to me a good thing.
