Sam Mendes Quotes
The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.
Quotes to Explore
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There is nothing people can throw at me to say: 'Do this, do that.'
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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Whenever a theory appears to you as the only possible one, take this as a sign that you have neither understood the theory nor the problem which it was intended to solve.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I think everyone in the heptathlon is improving together, so it is a very hard event to compete in.
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If someone had protected the HTML language for making Web pages, then we wouldn't have the World Wide Web.
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Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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May the work for the further development of chemical science, which has its strongest roots in this beautiful, strong and hard-working country of Sweden, continue to flourish in the future, for the promotion of culture and the benefit of mankind.
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If you don't have liberty and self-determination, you've got nothing, that's what this is what this country is built on. And this is the ultimate self-determination, when you determine how and when you're going to die when you're suffering.
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To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.
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Prayer is man's greatest power!
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Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.
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I'm going to try to tell stories and let each tale skate its own way into dark or light territory as the needs of the story steer me.
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The thing I love about television is that people watch you in their pajamas, and when they're eating dinner. You're part of the family.
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People always say life is too short for regrets. But the truth is, it's too long.
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The cause is everything. Those even who are dearest to us must be shunted for the sake of the cause.
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The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.
