Norman Jewison Quotes
Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.
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When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.
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I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
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I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.
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It's time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat.
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It would be easier to make money in other sectors, but since I was a kid, I liked cars.
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And eventually as I kept writing it, something emerged that was not quite me but a version of me.
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You can't be perfect. You can't be the perfect father. You can't be the perfect singer.
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Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
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The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
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The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.
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The upward revision of import duty, from 1 per cent to over 4 per cent on steam coal imports, will adversely impact the industry, as it will lead to increase in cost of power generation.
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I love to perform at benefits and charity fundraisers.
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If the crew is hit by the situation that we're trying to portray, I think we get a real and a stronger moment with the camerawork and the actors.
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I mean, I've never really had much security, to be honest.
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What I've learned from sketch is you can get it as perfect as you want, and it's never going to be perfect.
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I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.
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The peasants of all lands recognize power and they salute it, whether it's good or evil.
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Every generation rediscovers and re-evaluates the meaning of infancy and childhood.
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The non-geometric biomorphic forms of Arp and Miro and Moore are definitely in the ascendant. The formal tradition of Gauguin, Fauvism and Expressionism will probably dominate for some time to come the tradition of Cezanne and Cubism.
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Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.
