Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes
I'm not going to spend two years of my life on something that I'm not excited about.
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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We have a very loyal fan base, the kind tat buys the record the day it comes out, sees every show, and that's fantastic, but what about the people who would never hear about our band?
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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I was in love with the British 'The Office', so even though I love Steve Carell, when they were going to remake it, I was like, 'This is not going to work. I'm going to completely veto this show. I am not going to watch this show.' But now, I love it.
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Whatever we plant in our subconscious mind and nourish with repetition and emotion will one day become a reality.
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Rich Swann is probably the only guy who's more charismatic among this whole bunch than me, and I think it showed in our match.
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I will always be the way I was a couple years ago before anything happened. And that's to my parents' credit, my amazing parents who have been around me my whole life and raised me right. I'm very happy with what has happened so far.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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More than 820 million people in the world suffer from hunger; and 790 million of them live in the Third World.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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A big element of what they regard as conformity is simply a desire to have an audience.
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Europe is especially vulnerable to terrorists who may hide among the refugees pouring across its borders.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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The problem for most people as they get older is that they start to buy into their own bullshit to the extent that they just have to eliminate from their inner sanctum anyone who is going to really challenge it. But I think all bandmates of U2 were lucky enough to have the four of us respect and regard each other to the extent that we're kind of always looking out for one another, so none of us can get away with buying into the bullshit.
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I fly from the seat of my pants, basically.
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Petunias are as hopelessly impractical as a chiffon ball dress.
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I will go to the next election saying to Australians, vote for me, vote for the Liberal Party, and I will become your PM. So I'm offering myself as the alternative PM - that's one way people describe the Leader of the Opposition - but I'm not in politics for myself to realize a personal ambition.
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You have to stay true to yourself, and as long as you are comfortable, then no one else's opinion matters.
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I'm not going to spend two years of my life on something that I'm not excited about.
