Taika Waititi Quotes
A big part of the humor is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humor is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it's always someone being killed. Usually a child.
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As a child I knew almost nothing, nothing beyond what I had picked up in my grandmother's house. All children, I suppose, come into the world like that, not knowing who they are.
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Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
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Many places in the Bronx seem hidden in shadows, just as the Bronx itself is in Manhattan's shadow. And dark stories develop best in dark shadows.
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A society of 'children first' is a society that nurtures smiling faces in everyone.
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Do our children now have to choose between getting an education and dying? Some of us cannot move on and accept that kind of society.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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I give the children education.
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Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
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I'm not busy... a woman with three children under the age of 10 wouldn't think my schedule looked so busy.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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You can't predict when a crisis might hit your family, whether it's with an elderly parent or with your children.
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I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.
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Our records, if you have a dark sense of humor, were funny, but our records weren't about comedy. They were about protests, fantasy, confrontation and all that.
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One in four children being victimized? That's about seven children in every classroom. That's a significant proportion of the population.
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When I read the pilot 'for Married with Children', it just reminded me of my Uncle Joe... just a self-deprecating kind of guy. He'd come home from work, and the wife would maybe say 'I ran over the dog this morning in the driveway'. And he would say 'Fine, what's for dinner?
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Many Christians do not believe God sends tornadoes. But they do believe that God walks with His children through the storms, that He sends His people to help after the storms, and that with and through God, there is always hope.
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Of course, when you're a parent, that's your paramount concern, for your children, and there were some very credible and frightening threats, and the agency declined to provide any security, and it felt like a betrayal all over again. It was really painful.
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Until both employers' and workers' groups assume responsibility for chastising their own recalcitrant children, they can vainly bay the moon about "ignorant" and "unfair" public criticism. Moreover, their failure to impose voluntarily upon their own groups codes of decency and honor will result in more and more necessity for government control.
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The one thing that's going to get you through this business is having strong roots, being grounded and knowing what is true.
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Exeter City's trip to Old Trafford will be a great day for their fans but that is about it - they won't get the result they want against Manchester United.
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I'm a Gemini. Know what that means? There are two very different sides to me.
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A big part of the humor is in identifying with the tragic elements of the film. The New Zealand sense of humor is very dark. Our films are usually very dark and it's always someone being killed. Usually a child.
