Michel Gondry Quotes
I like collaboration, I like to incorporate other people's ideas and that's what happens when you do a big movie. Unless you're called Stanley Kubrick and you do an independent movie for like $200 million.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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My dream was to play in good films, no matter in what country. I always waited for a decent script, and nothing has changed. I'm just sure that nothing in life is random, and I believe in the fate which guides you. Probably my starring in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' is good proof of that.
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You know sometimes when you're in a really bad mood and you're not sure why? That's how I get sometimes.
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Death is so important that God visited death upon his own son, thereby helping us learn right from wrong well enough that we may escape death forever and live eternally in God's grace.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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The difficulty, the ordeal, is to start.
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It really comes down to being able to inspire others by being comfortable with yourself. You have to show girls that everyone is different; everyone has things they don't like, but they work it and walk the runway.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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I certainly don't want our nation to go into default, but at the same time, I'm very concerned about our ongoing debt problem.
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I'm relaxed about my career. I've been making movies for over 20 years, so I've earned at least the right to relax.
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In all the world, rich people are very unpopular.
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I want to make this world perfect.
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I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.
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I love Michelle Williams. I think she's extraordinary. I was such a fan of 'Blue Valentine,' and I heard stories about how Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams worked on that. They lived together for a period of time as rehearsal. From nine in the morning to five at night, living in a space together. The work is really awe-inspiring.
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The more you covet something, the more certain it is that you’ll lose it, and the more devastating the loss will be when it happens-which it will. (p. 216).
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For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them.
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I like collaboration, I like to incorporate other people's ideas and that's what happens when you do a big movie. Unless you're called Stanley Kubrick and you do an independent movie for like $200 million.
