Oliver Stone Quotes
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Everybody now seems to be talking about democracy. I don't understand this. As I think of it, democracy isn't like a Sunday suit to be brought out and worn only for parades. It's the kind of a life a decent man leads, it's something to live for and to die for.
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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We shred every day.
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Russell Brand is lovely, even though he's a weirdo.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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The great thing about baseball is there's a crisis every day.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.
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I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
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I want to find a way to speak to the broadest audience possible.
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I don't care if people think I'm gay. I know I'm not, so it doesn't bother me.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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Investing in gold is one of the wisest decisions that you can make as an investor.
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A lot of people tell me I have to trash-talk more, but I got here with my fists, fighting, not with my mouth.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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Seriously, I do a lot of yoga, so I'm in control of my body.
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There's times when you're having dinner with a good friend and you're in the middle of a conversation and somebody comes up and cuts you off. Can you sign this? Can I take a picture with you? I'm adjusting to all the attention.
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In my personal life, I would just feel like, I will always be cool with everyone.
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I can't stand interpretation. I think it's one of the great scourges of the theater. I just think, 'Don't get in the way of the play.'
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I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.
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My room is dominated by the huge painting, which is a copy of 'The Violation' by the Belgian surrealist Paul Delvaux. The original was destroyed during the Blitz in 1940, and I commissioned an artist I know, Brigid Marlin, to make a copy from a photograph. I never stop looking at this painting and its mysterious and beautiful women.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.
