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?
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jasmine apologized and said she was sorry and said she loved me, she couldn't believe it and said she thought it would be her. All of them were really, really sorry that it happened to me.
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It certainly was unusual growing up with two fairly well-known pastors as my parents.
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Animals are not just herbivores or carnivores. They are, in the nice coinage of the psychologist George Miller, informavores.
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Sometimes when I'm flying over the Alps I think, 'that's like all the cocaine I sniffed.
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Basketball was every day of my life. Wake up with a ball - sometimes I'd sleep with it because someone told me that was better for you.
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to argue that laws written in the 1970s are adequate for today's intelligence challenges.
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The first video I ever watched was on a Beta system because everyone thought Beta was the way but then it ended up being video so we backed the wrong horse.
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I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.
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The real boneheads are the libertarians.
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I think every fantasy reader secretly believes they know how magic works.
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The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.
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There are some roles you just don't say 'no' to. Those compass points: you get them so rarely as an actress.
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Marriage, or any committed partnership, has become sacred to me, powerful and fragile all at the same time.
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I planned on being an English teacher, but I don't know where that went.
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Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.
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I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.
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I don't tend to picture my characters as actors and actresses.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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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?
