Muhammad Ali Quotes
I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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Sometimes I'd like to play the bad guy and sometimes I'd like to die in a movie.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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I'm not a walking extra in a Chekhov play; I'm no Slavic gloom or Irish gloom.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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The first thing I ever saw Bradley Cooper in was 'Wedding Crashers.'
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Taking care of your employees is extremely important and very, very visible.
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Petty laws breed great crimes.
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If you're an old cat around young girls, you got to have somethin' to bring to the table.
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress.
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I take care to only teach courses about fiction film. I believe that this balances and broadens my documentary work.
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I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldn't write anything without hope in it.
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I am grateful for all my victories, but I am especially grateful for my losses, because they only made me work harder.
