Alfred Gough Quotes
Television has always been a conversation. Movies come along and they're kind of like three-ring circuses, and there's a new one next week.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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We all had lots of stories of our sad experiences - they mourned the death of my wife with me - but we were hopeful that the children would return.
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I like winning. There's also a certain joy in it. I feel fulfilled by it.
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In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.
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I believe women are the glue of everything.
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I've never hidden the fact that I'm Jamaican; I will never disown my roots or influences.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.
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I feel comfortable any position I play. It doesn't matter.
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If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.
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People who get trapped in the tunnel vision of making money think that is all there is to life.
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
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I never read my reviews... not even the good ones. Barbra Streisand once told me, if just one person in the audience doesn't applaud, it bothers her. I'm the same way. I'd be devastated to read that someone didn't like my work.
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I'm proudest of the fact that I've been able to make a few movies in the studio system that are slightly unorthodox and personal. But it's never quite as easy as you dream that it could be.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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Detect and fix any problem in a production process at the lowest stage possible.
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Our internal state determines our experience of our lives; our experiences do not determine our internal state.
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I fell in love with the land and with the very old fashioned idea of leaving a physical legacy for my children. A stunning place, with a magnificent forest of trees, and a magnificent river.
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Television has always been a conversation. Movies come along and they're kind of like three-ring circuses, and there's a new one next week.
