Terrence Malick (Terrence Frederick Malick) Quotes
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Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: You have to learn the rhythms of respiration - acquire the pace. Otherwise you stop right away.
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There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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I've been making music for a long time, since I was very young, but at the same time, I'm still exploring what works for me. I feel like I'm just starting out.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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I spent 12 years of my life, the last six years training six to eight hours a day, every day of my life. At the time, when I was 20 to 26, I could do things like that, and you're not going to notice it.
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I would love to play a superhero. I wish I could be in 'The Avengers,' kicking butt.
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Comics are too big. You can't say any kind or genre of comics is better than another. You can say so subjectively. But to say it like it's objective is wrong. It's wrong morally, because it cuts out stuff that's good.
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The only way anyone's going to succeed is to build the product.
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Us comics guys tend to get really good at the things we draw a lot. I'm good at creepy old forests, Victorian houses, underground goblin cities, and beautiful but creepy fairies.
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My mother was a single working mother; she started having children very young. There was a tension inside her about who she wanted to be and what she wanted to do and how she couldn't achieve the things she wanted to.
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I didn't grow up a huge fan of the Western genre because there was never a female character to relate to or look up to.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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Most of my friends between 21 and 31 are at different stages of figuring out what the hell they are going to do with their lives. It's a big part of our generation. What is the next step?
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The 13-episode model lends itself to a more serialised format, which is nice and gives writers a chance to breathe some space into it.
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Never paint except with the three primary colors red, blue, and yellow and their derivatives.
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If God can bring blessing from the broken body of Jesus and glory from something that's obscene as the cross, He can bring blessing from my problems and my pain and my unanswered prayer.
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The House Republican leadership has simply run out of ideas.
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I feel like directing is an innate talent.
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The child from 9 to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.
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Your goal in life should be to enjoy the highest levels of health and energy possible. This requires that you eat the right foods and fewer of them. It requires you to get regular exercise and move every joint of your body daily. To enjoy superb physical health, you must get lots of rest and recreation. Above all, you maintain a positive mental attitude, looking for the good in every situation, and remain determined to be a completely positive person.
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If art is singular expression, then by nature, the best art is controversial. But when art stirs debate for reasons besides its artistic integrity, that's when things get bent.
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My attitude is always let it keep rolling.
