Orhan Pamuk Quotes
When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
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You watch 'Whale Rider,' and I defy you to not get teary-eyed at the end there.
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Let us unite the world through the compassion for our children.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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I was born a proud daughter of Pakistan, though like all Swatis I thought of myself first as a Swati and Pashtun, before Pakistani.
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To create a nice relationship with an ex, the love has to change form. I think you just have to put your children first.
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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I was very aware of Jeff Buckley. My brother actually bought me The Mamas And The Papas and Jeff Buckley for my birthday when I was in my early teens.
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People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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When I first went to Pittsburgh, I had never been there before, and we hadn't even decided to shoot there yet. I just went to see the location of Michael Chabon's novel. Once there, I became aware that Pittsburgh is a "wonder boy," in the narrow sense of the term, just as the human characters are.
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I'm old enough to remember seeing James Brown live.
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A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love.
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When I paint, I definitely live in the present, like someone in a shower whistling or singing.
