Todd Solondz Quotes
When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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I think, people look at me, and they say, 'You were very aggressive,' I say, 'Yeah,' you know, and I've made a better life for myself, for my son, so I should reflect that with my music now. I shouldn't still be rhyming like that; that would be me lying.
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With 'The Social Network,' I got into it at first because frankly I thought there was a cool courtroom drama to be had with the intellectual properties. And then what further drew me in was that the most extraordinary social networking device ever created was created by the world's most antisocial person. I liked that story.
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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.
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There is nothing your highest self wants more than peace. This peace makes you feel worthy of all of the richest blessings of the universe, and when you radiate this out into the world, it is returned to you without fail.
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I've certainly had to go through trying to change the fact that I was always identified as the widow of Notorious B.I.G. You know, I'm never going to be able to get away from having been married to him, but that's not what identifies me. You know, my life isn't just about that.
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Any psychology of sign systems will be part of social psychology - that is to say, will be exclusively social; it will involve the same psychology as is applicable in the case of languages.
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To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.
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I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are something that an average actor would do.
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Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.
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When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'The Vault of Horror.' They were gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous.
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It's really wonderful to be able to be nobody, and then have a moment when I can be somebody, and then go right back to being nobody again.
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I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don't understand how she can go so long without food. 'Well, I don't understand how you can go so long without a cigarette,' she responds in a tone of reproach. Because work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself.
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Jail's like school but you can't leave.
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If you are going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won't.
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The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!
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We make a great mistake in supposing all people are capable of self-government.
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The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest market opportunities. And that's a huge thing. Solve hunger, literacy and energy problems, get the gratitude of the world and become a billionaire in the process.
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'The Apprentice' has been excellent for my dad. Before, there was always that kind of corporate, Napoleonic evilness to Donald Trump. Now people see him interacting with normal - barely normal - individuals, and it's like, 'Wait a second. He's a regular guy!'
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When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.
