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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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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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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The kind of people that all teams need are people who are humble, hungry, and smart: humble being little ego, focusing more on their teammates than on themselves. Hungry, meaning they have a strong work ethic, are determined to get things done, and contribute any way they can. Smart, meaning not intellectually smart but inner personally smart.
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Disasters are usually a good time to re-examine what we've done so far, what mistakes we've made, and what improvements should come next.
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Chopper Read attended a writing school I gave for inmates at Risdon Prison in Hobart many years ago. Even if I hadn't known about his hacked-off ears and his criminal history, I'd have found him powerful and compelling.
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I think it's a fallacy that the harder you practice the better you get.
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I believe the only way to protect my own rights is to protect the rights of others.
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As far as I'm concerned, ageing is humanity's worst problem, by some serious distance.
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No major entitlement, once it has been implemented, has ever been unwound.
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For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him.
