Virginia Woolf Quotes
For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him.
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Any creative process comes with a level of self-analysis and self-criticism. There's a lot of waking up in the middle of the night going, 'Oh, I wish I had done that differently.'
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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I believe nuclear energy in Jordan will be done in such a way where it is a public-private partnership so everyone can see exactly what's going on.
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I like trying different foods. I've done vegetarian stuff, and I've gone through meat phases, and then I do no bread, and then I eat bread. I'm really all over the place in the way a lot of actors are.
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What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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Mr. Trump, Americans can't afford, and don't want, to worry about the latest lawsuit filed against their president. And you're not immune from these suits once you enter the Oval Office. Anything you've done before taking office is fair game.
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We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.
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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.
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My favourite author as a child and teenager, and who I still re-read now, is K. M. Peyton. She writes very truthfully; sometimes I'm not sure if I've actually done things or just experienced them in her books.
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The 1910 Edison film of 'Frankenstein' was itself a dead thing revived by technology.
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Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60.
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, when it comes down to it, if I have the choice between a great role and seeing a new guy, I would probably go for the great role because I figure if the guy's really that great that he'll be around once I'm done with the movie.
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My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.
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A lot of people think the best work I've done was nonfiction - the 'Brothers and Keepers' book. But I think of myself as a fiction writer. And I think, if my work is put in perspective, all the books would be a continual questioning of what's true and what's not true, what's documented and what's not documented.
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I am often asked which of my films has come closest to my own ideal of performance, and I always answer, 'Educating Rita.'
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It is the historical necessity, if there is a historical necessity in history, that a new decade of electronic television should follow to the past decade of electronic music.
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
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Im Unglück finden wir meistens die Ruhe wieder, die uns durch die Furcht vor dem Unglück geraubt wurde.
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For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him.
