Hal Hartley Quotes
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These years after my liberation were years of reconstruction, and I think I made the right decisions... I mean, I lost everything: my life; my father died; I didn't know anything about my children.
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I've been fortunate to work with partners like Weinstein and John and Art Linson in developing 'Yellowstone' and am grateful that it has found a home in the Paramount Network. The show is both timely and timeless.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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When two people in an intimate-couple relationship look at their interactions as opportunities to learn about themselves instead of change each other, they are infusing their relationship with the energy of spiritual partnership.
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In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
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Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.
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If you get criticized, good - I don't think people get criticized enough. People talk behind your back and they criticize you, but they don't often come up and say it to you.
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Being chaotic isn't cute.
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My room for books and study or for sitting and thinking about nothing in particular to see what would happen was at the end of a hall.
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I've been blessed; I've been getting so many amazing opportunities because of the UFC. I know there are going to be haters no matter how successful I am, and I just have to be thankful for all the blessings that I have because all of it can be over before you know it.
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It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
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'I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job.
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No man could have accepted me because I am too rebellious. It would have been catastrophe. I am too into my own thing.
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I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.
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The search for freedom through sex is doomed to failure.
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If the language of art is not accessible to ordinary language and ordinary experience, how can it be accessible to ordinary people?
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Reader, nothing is sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name. Nothing.
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There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by writing songs. I'd sit in my room for 10 hours playing the same song, stacking vocals, trying out different drum beats, realizing no one would ever hear this but having so much fun. I guess I got my voice from just doing that so often.
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When you can have a character that the audience likes from the beginning, but then you put them in a situation where they grow - I think that gives it a lot of heart.
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Know where to find the information and how to use it - That's the secret of success.
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It takes some discipline and hard work, but relying on credit when things go wrong is a trap.
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I asked myself, 'What are you going to do with your life? Are you going to be like everyone else or are you going to do what's right?' I just made a decision. I said, 'It's time to grow up. It's time to start living for the Lord, do things the right way.' I accepted the Lord, and it changed my life.
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All the discoveries seem to be discoveries of means.
