Paul Morrissey Quotes
Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any rules.
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It's a compulsion. I'm always changing parts of me. Even when I was young, I wanted to change my hair color. I was so determined that I dyed my hair with Kool-Aid.
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I've been telling my students, 'Imitate, imitate.' And they say, 'Well, what if I plagiarize, or what if I'm not original? I want to be myself.' And I always tell them, 'Your self will shine through'... If you allow yourself to feel deeply and honestly, what you say won't be like anyone else.
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In China, we don't consider someone truly beautiful until we have known them for a long time, and we know what's underneath the skin.
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I don't accept any money, free products, or anything else of value from the companies whose products I cover or from their public relations or advertising agencies.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
Government can supply bread, but it can't mend a broken spirit.
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You can think of Hollywood as high school. TV actors are freshmen, comedy actors are maybe juniors, and dramatic actors - they're the cool seniors.
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I want poverty to end in tomorrow's Pakistan. I want every girl in Pakistan to go to school.
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For me it was a lot harder to come to terms with the death of my grandfather than it was to come to terms with what's happened to the former Yugoslavia.
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I start my day with granola, fresh fruit, and skim milk and end it with something healthy that also comes from my own kitchen.
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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
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From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems - democracy.
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I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years.
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I write songs about things that I'm simultaneously trying to not think about.
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I love looking at the old Bond films. Maybe it's purely out of reminiscence, the nostalgic things you think about. But there were some very good films made, and I think that the public has enjoyed them, too.
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When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many other people who inspired me after him, but he is still my all-time hero.
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Find some fun way to get a little more oil on your hands or mud on your boots. Sometimes, that's what it takes to take down some of the really big problems.
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I saw Redeye, and I love being scared and on the edge of my seat.
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I tend to vote Republican, but I don't like the hardcore views on either side, and I'm not in bed with anybody.
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I'ma do my thing until the day the reaper come for me. You can keep on grillin', I'ma smile back.
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But when I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the sky is enough to make my heart quiver. When I’m jumping, I can feel my body parts really well, too—my bounding legs and my clapping hands—and that makes me feel so, so good.
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When most people in the West think about Africa, is their first thought about the game reserves and who's chasing gazelles, or are they looking at Africans as people who are equally equipped to do great things, as in the West?
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Comedy born of bewilderment is the only comedy that should be in magic.
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Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any rules.
