Virginia Woolf Quotes
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to visit some friends. I was a little bit crazy, a little bit insane.
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I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.
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Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people to come to grips with the very idea of divorce - or to reconsider the idea. Like a number of my colleagues - not all - I offer that preliminary consultation for free.
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I hate the word sexy.
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It would not be amiss for the novice to write the last paragraph of his story first, once a synopsis of the plot has been carefully prepared - as it always should be.
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
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The big question about how people behave is whether they've got an Inner Scorecard or an Outer Scorecard. It helps if you can be satisfied with an Inner Scorecard.
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I consider myself a little weak.
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Often by the time writers and producers try to get a new hit song, the industry has already moved on. Whatever you're creating might not be as hot as it would have been during the time of your first hit. It definitely compromises the creative process when the music is changing and evolving so fast. If you're not on top of it, you will be forgotten.
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Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.
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I had a lot of chaos in my very early years before I was old enough to know what was going on, and then I just skated through the rest of my childhood without dealing with it.
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Life is full of many unpredictable changes... Let go of chaos yesterday; cheerfully live for today, and look forward to tomorrow with greater possibilities... It's our imperfections that make us perfect in our own unique ways.
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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Only longing can fill with more of itself.
