Roland Joffe Quotes
Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present?
Roland Joffe
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
Florentijn Hofman
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Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier.
Xenophon
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Carl Sagan
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The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
Ed Koch
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
Dan Savage
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
Natalie Wood
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I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.
Andy Serkis
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We're continuing to work to bring immigration down to the tens of thousands.
Theresa May
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
Gary Hamel
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To forget a friend is sad. Not every one has had a friend. And if I forget him, I may become like the grownâups who are no longer interested in anything but figures.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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There will no longer be need for spheres of influence, for alliances, for balance of power, or any other of the separate alliances through which in the unhappy past the nations strove to safeguard their security or promote their interest.
Cordell Hull
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Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present?
Roland Joffe
