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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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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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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Life is hard, you know. If I can give someone on the radio three minutes to make them feel happier, that's a cool thing.
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I collect movies. So I have all those in binders. I don't have the DVDs out. I put them in binders.
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Golf is not a game of good shots. It's a game of bad shots.
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An individual may perceive a way of life, or a method of social organisation, by which more of the desires of mankind could be satisfied than under the existing method. If he perceives truly, and can persuade men to adopt his reform, he is justified. Without rebellion, mankind would stagnate, and injustice would be irremediable.
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I don't like being flattered. It doesn't suit my English sensibilities. Remember, we are the great country of understatement.
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Lindor is a good player. When I was 20, I wasn't conditioned like he is.
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In soccer, the blindest player is the one who sees nothing but the ball.
