William Friedkin Quotes
Sure, you could go out and make Jaws today. But all of the sequels to Jaws weren't good. They are all worthless. The Godfather II is the only sequel that I have ever seen that is as good as or better than the original.
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I want to see sunrises in the mountains. You never get to see such things enough in a lifetime. I want to see more.
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It's funny how a chubby kid can just be having fun, and people call it entertainment!
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I've had an extraordinary life as a dancer. You tour the world, you see all the great capitals of the world, the beautiful old opera houses all over Europe - you go everywhere. As a teenager, I would always say, 'I can't believe this is happening to little me,' because it was always a dream to dance.
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I like to come up with lots of different sounds. So the final version of a song might have been 10 completely different songs before we finally got it right.
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The only morality I'm interested in is the morality between your ears, between each player's ears, because that's the interesting thing to me.
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That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.
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I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
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The U.S. has spent billions of dollars on educating and supporting teachers or developing curricula but no resources are applied to 'improving the brain' that a student brings to the classroom.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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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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For Bitcoin, if it becomes a thing, it will become an enormous thing. It will be world-changing. But if it's nothing, it's nothing. There is no in between.
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I am just the person who didn't want to settle for not having everything I dreamed of.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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If it's right and true, it's listened to and accommodated.
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I was quite a shy child - not chronically, but I tended to blend into the background.
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When I meet somebody, I hang out with them, and it's all good, but I don't take it too seriously.
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Sure, you could go out and make Jaws today. But all of the sequels to Jaws weren't good. They are all worthless. The Godfather II is the only sequel that I have ever seen that is as good as or better than the original.
