Sandra Bullock Quotes
If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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In 'Clockwork Orange,' you're there with your eyes, watching all those things, your brain goes off, ahh, exposes you to so many things, and at the end of the day, it's just like a roller coaster. Why do you jump in a roller coaster? You want a thrill.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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For me, hipsterism is for one to appropriate the codes of a social class or another milieu that wasn't theirs originally, in order to define their personality through something different and unique. Which is why a lot of hipsters live downtown, and they're dressed as farmers. Then you have the Oscar Wilde hipster: the dandy.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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The reason for the sadness of this modern age and the men who live in it is that it looks for the truth in everything and finds it.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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I remember when 'The Right Stuff' opened in Hollywood. I got dressed that morning and drove my car down to the theatre that it was playing on, thinking that there would be mobs of people outside. When I looked, there was nobody there.
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I love going back and forth from drama to comedy. I love switching it around and showing people that I can do both.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
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Time will tell how you rate against the rest of the competition. I'll let everyone else worry about championships. I'm going to worry about qualifying at Pomona.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing.
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The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.
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People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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If you can't categorize a film for a studio, it's really difficult for them to wrap their heads around it and give you the money.
