Renny Harlin Quotes
Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.
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We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm not going to say, 'This girl is fat; she can't work in an office.'
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I'm a big 'Firefly' fan. I'm a Nathan Fillion fan because of 'Firefly.'
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The problem with rich lists is... it is impossible to know what someone is worth until they have died and you have sold it.
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When I first started out in cycling, if there were two girls there, that was successful; but now, if there are 20 girls there, it's just unbelievable. The growth of the sport is just incredible.
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I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.
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If there's no fire, there's no scream. If there's no scream, then no one hears you and no one comes to help you in the first place. The depth of my struggle has definitely determined the height of my success. To be able to teach my kids not just about success but about the struggle that comes with it.
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I enjoy my food. I like to grill; I do that a lot. I like meat and have big dinners - steak, red meat splurges, prime cuts.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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You should always feel confident in everything you wear, no matter what trend you fit or don't fit into.
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Harry Potter is awesome.
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Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.
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Mankind is not special by virtue of our address in the universe, or what spins around us, or because life originated here. Slowly, but surely, we've been compelled to renounce the comfort of these beliefs.
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The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.
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Try to see what attitudes rule your day, then ask what kind of a day you usually have.
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The world is all about mind and matter; I don't mind and you don't matter.
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Stage fright is my worst problem.
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The way I work emotionally is: I don't ever try to cry. I try not to, which is what for me produces organic emotion.
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And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is surprising that so much poetry is written.
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There have been things over the years that didn't work. 'Body Of Lies,' directed by Ridley Scott, which I did with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, is a really tight action thriller, but when it opened in the U.S. it was number two to 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua.'
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The Statist has an insatiable appetite for control. His sights are set on his next meal even before he has fully digested his last. He is constantly agitating for government action. And in furtherance of that purpose, the Statist speaks in the tongue of the demagogue, concocting one pretext and grievance after another to manipulate public perceptions and build popular momentum for the divestiture of liberty and property from its rightful possessors.
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Great love, like great genius, can never be a duty: both are life's gracious gifts to its elect.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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Who do I like best, men or women? I think it really depends on what for!
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Eventually, in '84, we made a film for a little over a million dollars - with American actors that was shot in English - that was shown in Finland A little action film called Born American.
