Todd Solondz Quotes
But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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Don't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be.
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Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
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When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
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If there was a time when 'The Ecologist' appeared not to be making a difference at all, not doing something useful, I wouldn't do 'The Ecologist,' but I think it is useful.
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'Biodiesel seems to be the answer to a lot of our prayers. Not only can it help the U.S. economy, our unwanted dependence on foreign oil, and the gasping environment, it could also help the family farmers out of this tragic dilemma they have found themselves in through no fault of their own.'
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In my judgment excellence and wealth are direct opposites.
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Compromise is not such ignoble and deplorable a thing as we generally think. It is rather an indispensable factor in the political strategy. Any nation that rises against the oppressors is bound to fail in the beginning and to gain partial reforms during the medieval period of its struggle through compromises.
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Startup stories are always smoother in the telling than they are in reality. A startup is not one, but a series of 'Aha!' moments, and some which seem like 'Aha!' moments but turn out not to be.
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The only thing a golfer needs is more daylight.
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I was never in an improv group. But when I went to school, we would do it all day long with friends, not knowing what it was called.
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I lift weights and do as much cardio as I can make myself. I'm not a big cardio fan, and I hate doing legs.
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I don't care how busy I am - I will always make time for what's most important to me.
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I think most people who decide to become a musician have to be prepared for some degree of struggle. It makes the art better if you go through some struggles. To be an artist, in any form, you have to develop some sense of compassion and empathy - it's an important quality for everyone to have, on a human level. But I think, as part of our job, you have to be able to do that, so suffering, tends - if you allow it - to let you look on the bright side. It will help with those senses.
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It was a great privilege for me and my teammates to follow in the footsteps of sporting greats like Roger Federer and Tiger Woods.
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Music has always been and will always be a strong gateway to connect with consumers in an emotional hot state.
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But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.
