Alexandre Desplat Quotes
It's very hard to understand what's happening in someone's brain and what goes into their experience and their death, and the music has to say a lot.
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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The worst I think that I ever was, when 'Unforgettable' had come out, and not long after that I was on - I was on my way to my second divorce. And that was a crushing, crushing blow.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.
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The interweb's got a weird vibe.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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I haven't been hit since Leon Spinks hit me in '92.
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The marshalling of those resources in order to obtain the maximum war effort for Australia, and a maximum degree of help and cooperation for Great Britain and the sister Dominions, is the primary objective of the new Department.
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And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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When water power then steam power were harnessed to spin and weave cloth, a cottage craft turned into an industry overnight.
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Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las Vegas.
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We support encryption. But there is no magic fix for music piracy.
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I knew rice and gravy would be a hit. Who grew up here and never ate rice and gravy? I'm glad no one ever thought about it before.
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It's very hard to understand what's happening in someone's brain and what goes into their experience and their death, and the music has to say a lot.
