Richard Linklater Quotes
I didn't have any set idea of what kind of filmmaker I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to tell stories that meant something to me, but I never said I was going to be the weird, avant-garde guy.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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When I recently spent a night at a homeless shelter, I was dismayed that members of the middle class had moved in and that earning above the minimum wage did not protect adults from having to share a room with dozens of others.
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No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.
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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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If I'm not doing something or working on something, I literally just sit in the room and think, which I don't think is productive. I won't go outside for days.
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I'm much more optimistic about this next generation because this is the first global generation.
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In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
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I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'
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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.
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Subject matter is sort of overemphasized in the way books get discussed, I think.
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I never loved another person the way I loved myself.
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My faith makes me willing to do things that may look like there's going to be a lot of physical difficulty. And you just go ahead and do it because you truly believe it's the right thing to do.
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Like most people, I shrink from exposing my innermost secrets and my most private and intimate actions.
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'Giving 2.0' is about making your giving matter more to the people we all hope to help, and it's about making your giving matter more to you.
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Entitled people drive me insane. The world owes you nothing! Get over it!
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I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
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Since Eve negotiated Adam, I am the most disadvantaged negotiator in history of mankind. I have no army, no navy, no air force, no economy.
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I love the physicality side of roles, I really do, And when I get to do my own stunts, it's that much cooler. I'll do anything the production safety people will let me.
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To be honest, I haven't had a lot of time off.
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Hardly any filmmakers can just make anything they want. Obviously, there are some exceptions, like Steven Spielberg, but he has that mainstream mentality and the kinds of films he loves to make are the kind that appeal to this big, mass audience.
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A great amount of good is always evened out by a great amount of bad. I find it's best to acknowledge that weird balance.
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I didn't have any set idea of what kind of filmmaker I wanted to be. I knew I wanted to tell stories that meant something to me, but I never said I was going to be the weird, avant-garde guy.
