Michel Gondry Quotes
I think always my interest in making movies is to have something really technical mixed with something that was not so formal...something free.
Quotes to Explore
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I've learned to treat celebrities as equals and just kind of meet them and admire their work, but I definitely could not breathe when I met Johnny Depp and James Franco.
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Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it.
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The Charter of the United Nations expresses the noblest aspirations of man: abjuration of force in the settlement of disputes between states; the assurance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion; the safeguarding of international peace and security.
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GIS is the only technology that actually integrates many different subjects using geography as its common framework.
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I want everyone to know what they deserve in relationships: that they can demand equality and kindness. Because everyone will have a relationship at some point in their life. It's what we all do, every day, and we need to know how to do it.
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I didn't have a childhood.
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Um, I have an enormous faith in God. I have an enormous support system that also has that same belief.
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It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.
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Mary Lincoln provided Elizabeth Keckley with opportunities for social and economic advancement she probably had never imagined during her years as a slave, while Elizabeth offered Mary the loyal, steadfast friendship she craved but had always found so elusive.
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I'm not saying we need to stop immigration at all; people can come from wherever.
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The weight that hangs upon our eyelids - is of lead.
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More cuts were needed to avoid exiting the eurozone.
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An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.
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We need to understand that whatever we do, we're all human beings first.
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Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.
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I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from 'Dumb and Dumber' or whatever movie they liked. And that's fine, it gets them in the door, but then it's my job to give them something different.
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Let's admit it; the only use for complaining is to make people laugh.
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The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.
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By willing endurance we cause suffering to pass. Evil becomes a spent force when we put up no resistance. By refusing to pay back the enemy with his own coin, and preferring to suffer without resistance, the Christian exhibits the sinfulness of contumely and insult. Violence stands condemned by its failure to evoke counter-violence.
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Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot of things there are to learn.
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The dance lives in all mankind as a necessary motor-rhythmic expression of excess energy and the joy of living.
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I think marriage is dangerous. The idea of two people trying to possess each other is wrong. I don't think the flare of love lasts. Your mind rather than your emotions must answer for the success of matrimony. It must be friendship - a calm companionship which can last through the years.
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I think women should have what they determine to be a staple in their closet, because who's to say that my staple is someone else's staple? I'm this tall, and I live in this city, and I have to walk the kids to school, and I don't tend to drive as much - my life requirements are radically different than yours or hers or his. Staples are: What do you need? And then, what do you want? "Need" comes first, typically; "want" gets taken care of occasionally.
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I think always my interest in making movies is to have something really technical mixed with something that was not so formal...something free.
