Abel Ferrara Quotes
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My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy, especially on women and children. It often seemed that the only thing separating me from them was luck.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Family comes out whenever we know it's gonna be steady on a run that's continuous.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.
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You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
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And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear attack anywhere in this country, they are unprepared to deal with it today, and that is of high urgency.
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Outside of the mindless sitcoms that the networks thrive on, people able to think generally consider most entertainment is escape in one form or another.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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Most of the most important experiences that truly educate cannot be arranged ahead of time with any precision.
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The definition of 'morbid' is an unhealthy preoccupation with death. Unfortunately, there's no word to mean the perfectly healthy preoccupation with death, which is what I have.
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Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
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I like listening to Beyonce, and I like Jason Derulo. I love his new song 'Don't Wanna Go Home.'
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Los Angeles is a microcosm of the United States. If L.A. falls, the country falls.
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I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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India is the most competitive manufacturing destination on this planet. If we are able to take advantage of that competitiveness for our domestic markets, this country would be humming with activity; industrial production will grow at 10-11% per year.
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An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
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Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal
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The critics - how come you never see any of them on TV?
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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The rate of change and innovation occurring across the entire spectrum of society demands that a company like XL utilize the highest level of analytics and information to solve problems for our clients.
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I don't have a problem with Werner Herzog.
