Rian Johnson Quotes
The critical reaction to 'Bloom' has been similar to 'Brick.' There are people on board with it and people who are not.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
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I hope to make movies that are so small they don't need to make anything to be profitable.
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious enough to consider divorce; murder, yes, but divorce, never.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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There's a great tradition in storytelling that's thousands of years old, telling stories about kings and their palaces, and that's really what I wanted to do.
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Every anti-gay remark from the Church gives the thug a license to be cruel.
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I want to make music that I like; not something that I have to make because I think it's going to sell.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
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We must realise that man's nature will remain the same so long as he remains man; that civilisation is but a slight coverlet beneath which the dominant beast sleeps lightly and ever ready to awake. To preserve civilisation, we must deal scientifically with the brute element, using only genuine biological principles.
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The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.
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Basically, in our society, you can never fix anything enough. The minute you get your head above water about one thing, they let you know that 12 other things about you suck. It's like playing 'Self-Esteem Whack-A-Mole.'
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During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks.
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I want the last cheque I write to bounce.
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When people get disillusioned and get insecure and content about the future, they tend to brood about what might have been.
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People tell me not to do a soap, but it was a great learning experience because I became familiar with the technical aspects of the business. Besides, look who came out of soaps - Julianne Moore, Demi Moore, Tommy Lee Jones, Parker Posey, Kathleen Turner. All amazing people.
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The critical reaction to 'Bloom' has been similar to 'Brick.' There are people on board with it and people who are not.
