Nicholas Stoller Quotes
And I watch all the dailies and I grade the jokes or the moments, you know, on a scale from... so I know exactly what we have. And so I can then go into the editing room and be like "I want you to do this moment, this moment, this joke, that joke. I'd like to see 3 versions."
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.
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The process of discovery in my field is very incremental. But there are moments when you realize you know something about the world nobody else knows. That's extraordinarily exhilarating.
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I was not a silly kid or outgoing. In fact, I suffered from quite a bit of anxiety. I used to have panic attacks when I was a teenager, really incapacitating moments, because I had some phobias.
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In order to be Miss Anybody you had to have excellent grades, and I had terrible grades because of my dyslexia.
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We show each day that we are prepared to act as an independence state... Not just in exceptional moments.
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The moments we have behind us, you won't be able to see again. We're only responsible for what we live in right now.
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I got good grades in math, but I never really enjoyed it. My favorite part of math was algebra, but geometry was the worst.
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I really appreciate the moments that I was able to win rap album of the year or whatever.
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Genius is a potential that lives within you and every other human being. You have many moments of genius in your lifetime. These are the times when you have a uniquely brilliant idea and implement it even if only you are aware of how fantastic it is.
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But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intimate moments with just me and the piano. It's not completely me because there are parts of me that aren't on that song, that are on the album.
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You have shown what history teaches us - that at defining moments like this one, the change we need doesn't come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.
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'There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?''‘The mood will pass, sir.’
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink anymore if I was dead.
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I don’t see anyone better than me. No player does things that I cannot do myself, but I see things others can’t do. There’s no more complete player than me. I’m the best player in history - in the good and the bad moments.
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The reason that gets me is, and the greatest part of my job and what I do, is the humanity of it and there’s certain moments where that really cuts through.
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I always loved watching movies because I loved what certain moments inside of films did to me.
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Memory doesn't come as a straight narrative. It comes in small moments with all this white space.
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I had moments with my father that were exquisite - the stories he told me about Cuchulain, the mythological Irish warrior, are still magical to me.
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I have very sensitive skin, and so, whenever I can, I want to give it a rest. I'm, like, the moisturizing queen.
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All I'm saying is, is God the god who we look to for comfort during tragedies? Is he the god who can control all those things, or is he the god that we don't even trust with our daily lives... As long as there's prayer and exams, as long as there's games, there will be prayers.
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And I watch all the dailies and I grade the jokes or the moments, you know, on a scale from... so I know exactly what we have. And so I can then go into the editing room and be like "I want you to do this moment, this moment, this joke, that joke. I'd like to see 3 versions."
