Quentin Tarantino Quotes
Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It's just another colour to work with.
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I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alone. It made me a little more confident about my style.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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Coming out of college with a degree in fine arts and painting isn't worth much any more.
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The problem is not getting rid of fear, but using it properly.
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I went to this little performing arts school in downtown Phoenix. You had to dance or act, and everyone sang in choir. I started out playing the saxophone, but I always wanted to be in an orchestra. That was a dream as a kid, and there aren't a lot of saxophones in an orchestra.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I'm only drinking white wine because I'm on a diet and I don't eat.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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I ate better in Liberia than I did in Ohio.
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People can be inspired the way I've been inspired by music.
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union.
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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If enough people think of a thing and work hard enough at it, I guess it's pretty nearly bound to happen, wind and weather permitting.
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I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
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This is the problem for which revolutionary theory has yet to find the right solution, if there is one. The difficulty is that the economic interests of the two classes are antagonistic.
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I used to dress like Roger Taylor when I was ten because I thought he was cool. In high school, I used to dress like Stephen Perkins from Jane's Addiction because I thought he was cool. You just want to be those guys when you're that age.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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I'm aware more than I was before I had books published that any review is a bit arbitrary - it's not really, say, 'The New York Times' that's authoritatively weighing in on the quality of a book, though it seems this way to the public.
Curtis Sittenfeld -
Whether it's music, loss of something, loneliness or friendship - if that emotion is heightened in some way and painted to fit in between the covers of 32 pages, that can become a picture book.
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Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour.
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God was awfully good to me during the good days. I cherish the old days, but I don't miss them.
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Violence in real life is terrible; violence in movies can be cool. It's just another colour to work with.
