Anthony Oliver "A. O." Scott (A. O. Scott) Quotes
STARTLING & INVENTIVE...This is not a movie that lets go of you easily.
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The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I work hard, and I do good, and I'm going to enjoy myself. I'm not going to let you restrict me.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.
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A lot of my fans are young and hip and enjoy my pop album and know the lyrics to those songs as well, which is a real compliment to me.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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I had decent but not great grades in high school because I was highly motivated in some subjects, like the arts, drama, English, and history, but in math and science I was a screw-up. Wooster saw something in me, and I really flourished there. I got into theatre, took photography and painting classes.
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If co-operation is a duty, I hold that non-co-operation also under certain conditions is equally a duty.
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I think it's a human tendency that's been around for a while to try to be as good as possible to prove your worth.
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You really should not do this job unless you're willing to put in that enormous amount of effort. You should not do the job unless you're willing to take risks. And you shouldn't do the job unless you're willing to lose the job, too.
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I believe in finishing what I start; not being able to do that makes me feel weak.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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But you don't hire Ang Lee to do a typical children's movie. But it's such an interesting combination, whoever thought of getting Ang together with a comic book, that was just great.
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STARTLING & INVENTIVE...This is not a movie that lets go of you easily.
