Michel Gondry Quotes
I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have.
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Using phrases or mantras to encourage and comfort myself has been a powerful practice for me. For years, I would say to myself 'Remember the purple sky' when I was feeling anxious, which to me meant remember a sense of internal spaciousness and kindness toward myself.
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There is no greater power in Heaven or on Earth than pure, unconditional love. The nature of the God force, the unseen intelligence in all things, which causes the material world and is the center of both the spiritual and physical plane, is best described as pure, unconditional love.
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I can't take the theater side out of myself.
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Since the dawn of recorded music, every generation has felt shocked by the musical tastes of the next.
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Everyone in my country understands that Russia cannot do without Europe and that, vice versa, Europe cannot do without Russia. We depend on cooperation.
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Most people are prisoners, thinking only about the future or living in the past. They are not in the present, and the present is where everything begins.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' they would have chased me around with a giant butterfly net. The same with paying to watch a television station.
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I'm always writing. I'm an obsessive. It's not because I'm a disciplined person. It's because I'm crazy about it.
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I know that there are many things I could do, but I'm not interested. It's more important to be loving and to have a lively mind.
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There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.
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All art began as sacred art, you know? I mean, all painting began as religious painting. All writing began as religious writing.
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We don't need a lot of initiatives for women in film; what we need is money.
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I never really considered writing something that was nonfiction.
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So grand a structure cannot be purely and simply a tomb.
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Find someone within the company who is on another team but is at a similar level or role as you to be a friend, a sounding board, and a place to go for candid feedback. Find a mentor within the company who resembles the leader you'd like to grow to be.
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To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this.
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People always come up to me and say, 'you should do standup.' It's nice to discover things about yourself. That keeps everything lively and fun.
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It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone.
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Radio is not a partner in the industry. I think that the music industry has continued to depend upon radio, but has ended up pandering to a medium that doesn't care.
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I'm the only comedian qualified to navigate a supertanker.
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Engineers start with technology and look for a use for it; business people start with a business proposition and then look for the technology and the people. Designers start with people, coming towards a solution from the point of view of people.
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One day my wife went and saw the accountant and said she's pulling the plug. She said you guys are done. I said, how bad can it be? 10 grand? She said you're not even close. It came out to almost $50,000 in alcohol for two months.
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He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have.
