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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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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The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsoft's business practices.
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I don't think God cares what you put in your body or on your body.
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Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.
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When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote.
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We want it by ourselves and I think the greatest test of them all is to play Connecticut at our place, last game on the line and they've got a chance to share it. It's going to be crucial.
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Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the way, when the plot is simple, you can move one piece around and make it feel fresh. 'Hell or High Water''s a good example: I don't tell you why the brothers are robbing the bank.
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I was called Matt Dillon's brother my whole career basically until 'Entourage' broke me free of that and now people call me Johnny Drama instead.
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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.
