Saoirse Ronan Quotes
The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can.
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The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient.
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All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I live in Rome and five minutes from my flat is a church where you can walk in and see this beautiful Caravaggio. Just the way this man uses dark paint: dark to create dark to create dark, the layering of the darkness in his work. I just race home: I want to create!
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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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Technology is incredibly powerful. And in many ways, the sky is the limit in terms of what you can actually accomplish with the right science and the right technology. But to get there, you have to actually invest in R&D. And often that means you have to be willing to spend an awful lot in that R&D phase before you see the benefits.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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My mother taught me that to maximize your philanthropic potential, you need to constantly challenge your capabilities and put yourself in situations that are not always comfortable. Through her example, I discovered that there is no more beautiful way to live a life than to live a life of service.
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Dresses are beautiful, but I'm such a slacks or a jeans person. Whenever a woman has a slick suit or dress on, she looks sharp.
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Books can capture injustices in a way that stays with you and makes you want to do something about them. That's why they are so powerful.
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I love Catherine Maladrino, Angela Dean and Nicole Miller. Catherine Maladrino designs that beautiful, high-class red carpet stuff. Nicole Miller makes beautiful dresses you can wear every day. And when you just want to go and shut it down, you turn to Angela Dean.
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The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.
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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
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My mother had a great voice. Not like mine, not like my sister's, not like my son's - a high soprano voice, but like a bird. I mean, really beautiful.
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I never thought about extending the promotions. Maybe I've matured but I feel that a shorter and more powerful promotion is better.
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When you're making an independent feature, there are so many difficult stages. One, just writing the script is difficult on its own. Then, when you get it to a place where you're happy with it, great - but then you need to find persons who are willing to produce it, who like the script.
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I don't know, I feel like as time has gone on, hip-hop has become really redundant and repetitive.
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If the Karmabanque hasn't worked, it's because there isn't yet a critical mass of people who are prepared to fight back and who instead prefer to be victims.
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I want to remake the world; anything less is not worth the trouble.
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The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can.
