Raoul Peck Quotes
[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.
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The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
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If I have a Sunday free, I'll go up the coast and spend some time on the beach. I scuba dive and swim and sail. A lot of the things I like are around the water.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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Sometimes God presents opportunities that look insignificant or rather ordinary. Perhaps you don't see how they fit into the big picture for your life. But if God is asking you to do something, He has a purpose for it.
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I don't want to be on the Internet.
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My wife and I have very deep roots in Colorado, and we can't see ourselves living anywhere else.
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I de-stress with my family, just at home pruning roses, cutting, working in the garden.
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Most people want to become movie stars and I just want to be in the business. I already was a star. If I get the part of a lifetime and it blows up, then that's wonderful. But if the acting doesn't work, fine. I'll just be a producer. And if the producing doesn't work, fine. I've got a lot of other stuff.
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There's definitely an interest in Scotland and what happened here. I think the rest of the world are fascinated by our history, and it's nice to be able to bring Scotland and our culture and music to the screen.
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When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, you know, something about the beat was really cool, and Madonna, visually, was on TV all the time and I thought she was just so beautiful.
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Ladies, I'll let you in on a lil secret: guys don't notice your nails.
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When I was really young, my babysitters had horses, and I started riding them.
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Common sense to one person might be something different to another.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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On the field, blacks have been able to be super giants. But, once our playing days are over, this is the end of it and we go back to the back of the bus again.
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I wanted to create things that you can always pull out of your closet and rely on. I wanted to create a timeless, classic collection of clothing that you can keep expanding on.
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Il est doux de périr après ses ennemis.
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I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools.
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Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving.
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The Israel stories were really hard for me to write, because I think that my book is very much about politics, but it isn't political. It really was important for me to not have a political agenda at all, because I have a hard time stomaching any political fiction that feels message-y.
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Aig [F.-M. Sir Douglas Haig] 'e don't say much; 'e don't, so to say, say nothin'; but what 'e don't say don't mean nothin', not 'arf. But when 'e do say something--my Gawd!
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[James] Baldwin is needed even more today because he helps you focus to the essential, to what is important.
