Thomas A. Edison Quotes
The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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People work hard.
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All the children of the great men in Persia are brought up at court, where they have an opportunity of learning great modesty, and where nothing immodest is ever heard or seen.
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Deception can cost billions. Think Enron, Madoff, the mortgage crisis. Or in the case of double agents and traitors, like Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames, lies can betray our country. They can compromise our security. They can undermine democracy. They can cause the deaths of those that defend us.
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I'd have to say that my favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning. 'Little Miss Sunshine' is like that. That's my fave genre, if I had to pick one.
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Allthough that doesn't happen often lately, I like to read exciting thrillers and those kinky magazines.
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No man who values originality will ever be original. But try to tell the truth as you see it, try to do any bit of work as well as it can be done for the work's sake, and what men call originality will come unsought.
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I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.
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Licences to have babies incidentally is something that I got in trouble for some years ago for suggesting even in Canada that this might be necessary at some point, at least some restriction on the right to have a child.
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The only time I really become discouraged is when I think of all the things I would like to do and the little time I have in which to do them.
