Errol Morris Quotes
You can't tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced.
Quotes to Explore
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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Children refuse to compromise. Adults learn how.
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All the privileged can travel, see different worlds; not everyone can. I think it is important for people to have an interesting locale nearby.
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Fame is a delicate and dangerous creature; I saw people who didn't honor it, who refused to take responsibility for it, get destroyed by it. I also saw that stardom in and of itself was empty.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.
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I would say I've always lived creativity, but now I - I do it with an intention that's got a completely different power.
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Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.
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I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.
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In the world of reality the more beautiful a work of art, the longer, we may be sure, was the time required to make it, and the greater the number of different minds which assisted in its development.
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I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
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Charter schools are public schools that operate, to a certain extent, outside the system. They have more control over their teachers, curriculum and resources. They also have less money than public schools.
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By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.
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I'm not sure there are too many people who write what I write.
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Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
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Let us assume that the ideal were reached; let us imagine a state of international life in which the danger of war no longer exists. Then no one would dare to demand a penny for obviously completely superfluous armaments.
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As soon as you get traded, you kind of start thinking where you're going to live, your family, you have to pack.
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
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I happen to like household chores and resent them only when performing them makes it difficult for me to fulfill my professional duties.
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You do develop a taste as an actress: Chekhov, Ayckbourn: it's the combination of comedy and human drama. I would never want to do anything without comedy.
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You can't tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced.
