Roland Joffe Quotes
I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
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People assume a lot of things about gymnasts - that the girls work too hard, it's way too much for them, they are too young to work so hard.
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I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.
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The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
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Being queen is overrated.
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Oh, my mom. She's one of my biggest fans.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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I'm not an easygoing guy as a director.
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Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.
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For me, one of the important things about keeping vocally healthy is warming up and making sure I'm aware where my voice is at, drinking lots of water and getting plenty of sleep, and just taking care of myself with exercise and eating healthy.
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I wanna live.
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You never talk about what you want when giving money. I don't pay attention to what other people think... There shouldn't be restrictions of any kind on political contributions.
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All guys get into music because they love music and they also want to get the girls.
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Web GIS provides us with a whole new window into our information through applications that are easy, 3D, and analytic. These applications are not just casual things, but reach deep into geographic knowledge and apply it.
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I hate shopping. I don't go shopping. If I do, I run in and out.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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I have always been like this. I take after my father. I'm just chill.
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If you look at that 2008 Democratic primary, there was no more formidable, unstoppable candidate - other than an incumbent President - in modern times than Hillary Clinton.
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
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It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead of just thinking about what is the most efficient way of telling a story or making an audience stay in a cinema.
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I had sinus surgery the day after Christmas and it has been the worst surgery of my life. Very painful. And on top of it everyone of course thought I got a nose job. Which is so funny because if you know me I would have told you I got a nose job I'm not gonna keep it a secret.
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I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.
