Oliver Emberton Quotes
How and when to try new things and to what degree are critical... Too soon and too radical a change and you may not master anything or develop a style.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I think one thing that kids who grow up on farms really have going for them is they have exposure to death and birth in a totally different way. I think it takes away a little bit of the mystery and a little bit of the fear, and I do wish I had that. And I wish I was able to grow my own food.
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I will keep working hard!
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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I am a big believer that eventually everything comes back to you. You get back what you give out.
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There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
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No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.
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I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Vietnam helped me to look at the horror and terror in the hearts of people and realize how we can't aim guns and set booby traps for people we have never spoken a word to. That kind of impersonal violence mystifies me.
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A creator needs only one enthusiast to justify him.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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Homosexuality in Russia is a crime and the punishment is seven years in prison, locked up with the other men. There is a three year waiting list.
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If you're throwing someone off a roof, you're throwing them off the roof. It's there. You don't have to do anything extra with that. The audience is obviously going to react to that because it's such a heightened thing to do. But in the other moments, you really look for ways to craft those, because they're more important, honestly.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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Love your kid as much as you possibly can, and do what you need to do for your family because my situation and what I do for my kid may not work for you.
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There is an ocean of Gods love available-there is plenty for everyone. May God grant you never to doubt that victorious love-whatever the circumstances.
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I am not saying do not give people equal health services but do not pretend that giving more money for diabetes or chronic diseases means you are going to deal with the origins of health inequalities.
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I've never done online dating, but first of all, I have a book out called 'Make It Last Forever: The Do's and The Dont's,' which led me to do the online dating thing. A lot of people respect my relationship songs, so they can pretty much trust me.
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Every player that plays for any organization, having great fans on your side every night is a great thing.
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How and when to try new things and to what degree are critical... Too soon and too radical a change and you may not master anything or develop a style.
