Hal Hartley Quotes
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What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I've always wanted to play Maria in West Side Story. My idol is Natalie Wood, and I love the movie, so I think a modern-day twist on it would be really neat.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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But we cannot just take this historical fact for granted. We must make it live.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.
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I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.
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The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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I try to travel as much as I can... I'm always looking for a reason to.
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We gave the world dab fever!
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I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.
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When I was younger, I used to pray that I would die before my mom. That's just how much my mom meant to me. I couldn't imagine being in this world without her. But then seeing cancer - seeing what it can do to somebody - as strong and as tough as she was, there was nothing she could do. Cancer is a dirty, dirty deal.
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I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky.
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With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character.
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As a 6-foot, 6-inch, 300-pound black man, I've done everything I can to stay out of that box that Hollywood tries to put me in. I've been able to play a variety of roles, like the character of Vern in 'Shall We Dance?' with Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez to the character of Neal in 'Things We Lost in the Fire.' I've been blessed.
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National security is not just things that go boom. It is not just terrorists and foreign adversaries.
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Your twisting is done – you have the last thread of my heart. I wonder: when the thread grows slack, will you feel it?
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I am successful if I manage to make a film that I want and if it works emotionally for the audience and if it stays with them after the screening and means something for them. Awards or money have symbolic power.
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It can be a miserable profession, acting, because you always want what you can't have.
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I wonder if there is anything to discover.
