Errol Morris Quotes
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.
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I taught myself to play the piano, because I wanted to play it.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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Around them the gawping locals sat, amazed with an amazement that never grew less…
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The man who worships mere wealth is a snob.
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I've looked on many women with lust. I've committed adultery in my heart many times. God knows I will do this and forgives me.
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My hope is that 'Beyond the Heavens' will encourage people to explore faith, open their mind and go beyond what they think they know. That is what my mother encouraged me to do. I hope to encourage others to do the same through this story.
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I wouldn't trade this experience for the world, and I hope I get to be a part of 'The Voice' for as long as I can.
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I think Beyonce always looks great.
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Fate, or some mysterious force, can put the finger on you or me, for no good reason at all.
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I had a long-lasting love affair with the flavors from Japan and the hustling New York street vendors. And, of course, a life-changing return to Ethiopia has made huge impacts on my life in food.
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Food decisions - do I eat this or not? - are always going to be there.
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I believe a solid, really strong middle-class is the key to making the country in the best way.
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Of course, my own political beliefs inform the ideas I come up with.
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I'm an entertainer. If people are paying good money for tickets they deserve the best show they can see. I don't get into lighting stuff on fire, but I do believe in going the extra mile.
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I experimented with every kind of class possible - yoga, spin, Pilates, rowing - but it was all haphazard, cobbled together by trial and error.
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What is conserved in the ground? Stone, bronze, ivory, bone, sometimes pottery. Never wood objects, no fabric or skins. That completely skews our notions about primitive man.
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A mind at peace does not engender wars.
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I rarely use mythology for its own sake because, as a theatre person, the mythological figures are in fact humanity to the ninth degree and Yoruba mythology in particular has fascination of being one of the most humanised mythologies in the world.
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Fascism is actually the work of the synergistic effort of big government and big corporations working together to stifle the people. And that's what we have in America today.
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One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
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I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin.
