Nelson Rodrigues Quotes
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I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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Religion is induced insanity.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.
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I am a fiscal conservative.
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When people see what I have now, they have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing up.
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A fragmented film such as 'Babel' gives the impression of 'edginess' but, in its form, tells us nothing we didn't already know.
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I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.
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One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.
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To explore different parts of yourself and different emotional lives... not to hide from who you are but to actually explore who you are.
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It's time to declare a cease-fire in the education arms race. We have far more to gain from collaborating to solve our common problems than competing for higher rankings.
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I will open an era of grand national unity.
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There is a reason it used to be a crime in the Confederate states to teach a slave to read: Literacy is power.
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Do you remember campaigns like 'Keep America beautiful'? What about 'Buckle up'? I believe we need an approach like this to attack obesity. Let's be a good industry that does 100% of what it possibly can - not grudgingly, but willingly.
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I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
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I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.
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Shaquille O'Neal, probably the best player on the planet. When you acquire someone of that magnitude, people are going to come. He's larger than life.
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He has a bone bruise, plus he has a chip, which we cleaned out. We sat and talked to Brandon a long time. He is super important to us. We decided it was probably best for the team and for him, rather than to try and rush him back, to put him in IR.
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In soccer, the blindest player is the one who sees nothing but the ball.
