Mitchell Baker Quotes
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.
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All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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I think God has a sense of humor, and the way my lessons come from God is very funny. I have to laugh at myself even if it's a tough lesson.
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On the issue of abortion, I'm ever on the fence, or, at most, an inch or two to either side.
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I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.
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Our comedies are not to be laughed at.
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I was wired to be intense. I don't think that's ever going to change.
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You're going to a bunch of auditions, and most of the time you're just getting denied, but just staying in there and keeping my head and being determined helped. Growing is what's challenging; you have to constantly practice your craft.
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We don't have to sit by while Trump uses his enormous global platform to undermine our national security. We would love to be able to actually force Twitter's hand to live up to its rules, explicitly forbidding hate speech and encouraging violence.
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Everybody tries to score a great goal, and I am lucky I have netted a few.
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I'm not Russell Crowe. I'm not going to do a period piece.
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Since the beginning, the people of the college and I have agreed that the music of MerleFest is 'traditional plus.'
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Twice, adv. Once too often.
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I do like silver. I love antiques. I collect Georgian glass at home. When you think about how fragile that it is and think about how long these things have lasted - some of it is 400 years old - I find the history of these things extraordinary.
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Still, the film nearly didn't happen a number of times. There were great arguments with United Artists about how to reduce the cost because they were nothing if not conscious of the price of the film.
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We actually have a real community of people doing useful things.
