Norman McLaren Quotes
I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.
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I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.
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The future of Indo-Pak cricket will depend on how the peace process goes.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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I just cannot imagine why anyone would want to be really famous. You go to a restaurant and people are pointing at you and they talk about you and they whisper and it is very disconcerting; it is a very odd feeling.
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I'm more a fan of my fans than I think they are of me!
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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No one rises so high as he who knows not whither he is going.
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When I first started writing, I used to listen to music all the time because it would make time pass more quickly. And then I started to wonder if the music wasn't affecting my writing in ways that I didn't necessarily intend.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching.
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You can be on top of everything, and the next minute, you're going to be on the bottom.
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Our lives are not what we deserve; they are, let us agree, in many ways deficient.
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I don't think anyone who has been to Africa comes away untouched by the place. You see a lot of beauty and optimism, but you also come away with an awareness of the huge gulf between what most of us have and what most of them have to make do with. Then, every now and then, a famine or a war makes everything a hundred times worse.
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What I really like doing is storytelling, finding the body language that is necessary for the story. And when I'm doing it and it's working, I'm thrilled.
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My music relies solely on the feeling. Just the feeling.
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Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the director's eyes, you 'get it right' does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.
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Instead of a few hundreds of thousands of men meeting each other in war, millions would now meet, and modern weapons would multiply manifold the power of destruction.
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Ever since Napster I've dreamt of building a product similar to Spotify.
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I wear clothes and sell products and ideas.
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It's an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever.
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I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.
