Norman McLaren Quotes
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I think we Americans tend to put too high a price on unanimity, as if there were something dangerous and illegitimate about honest differences of opinion honestly expressed by honest men.
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A lot of our animation projects are co-productions with French production companies.
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We are all quick to point out all the differences but not as willing to accept what bonds us as humans.
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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
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I'm interested in animation. I actually feel like I've learned so much about the process how to make an animated movie.
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Every cancer looks different. Every cancer has similarities to other cancers. And we're trying to milk those differences and similarities to do a better job of predicting how things are going to work out and making new drugs.
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It's been an ambition of mine, before I even wanted to act, to be involved in animation.
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If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.
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History is filled with tragic examples of wars that result from diplomatic impasse. Whether in our local communities or in international relations, the skillful use of our communicative capacities to negotiate and resolve differences is the first evidence of human wisdom.
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And understand: class differences will not save you.
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The ethnic differences among Filipinos are very real. The paucity of arable land, for instance, explains the industry of the Ilokanos and the Cebuanos.
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For kids growing up now, there's no difference watching 'Avatar' on an iPad or watching YouTube on TV or watching 'Game of Thrones' on their computer. It's all content. It's just story.
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Have we become so celebrity-obsessed that there is no longer a difference between a character and an actor? I hope not.
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Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.
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Where there is no difference, there is only indifference.
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The difference between being an elder statesman And posing successfully as an elder statesman Is practically negligible.
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Things look different depending on your perspective. As I see it, fighting to bridge those gaps isn't what really matters. The most important thing is to know them inside and out, as differences, and to understand why certain people are the way they are.
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Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.
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I think personal actions definitely matter. I think collectively they can make a big difference. But I also think that people don't live in a vacuum.
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Republicans - Reagan but also George W. Bush - believed in freedom, and they believed in America's role. To have the governing party speak in terms of a zero-sum world, or speak in terms of America's purpose as no more than grabbing the largest share possible in the short run, goes against our foreign policy tradition that goes back to 1900, really.
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The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.
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I'd been born in the wrong century, and I felt cheated.
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Animation is manipulating the difference.
