William Blum Quotes
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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Sometimes people can put way too much emphasis on looking 'hot' which can be stressful and put you in your head.
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We each take up one virtual space per title... Virtual shelf life is forever. In a bookstore, you have anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to sell your title, and then it gets returned. This is a big waste of money, and no incentive at all for the bookseller to move the book.
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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With this film, 'Need For Speed,' with this, we had a blank canvas to work with. What we had to do was have fast cars, and that's it.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.
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I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork. I was not a cool kid in high school.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I enjoyed both equally, but in different ways, ... Maynard gave me the chance to do wonderful word comedy...When I was offered Gilligan, I chose it because that character gave me the chance to do physical comedy, which I love.
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When I look out on such a night as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a scene.
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I'd been coming to New York for weekends since I was 17, and after 9/11, I started making these trips more frequently, just to make contact with the city.
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The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.
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I love helping out good people who are doing good things.
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If love is blind, patriotism has lost all five senses.
