Wolfgang Petersen Quotes
Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.
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Let me go to hell, that's all I ask, and go on cursing them there, and them look down and hear me, that might take some of the shine off their bliss.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
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We haven't even begun to see just how many transactions are going to take place online.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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I like seeing advanced acrobatics, but I also like to see more than tumbling. It's important to combine the artistry of gymnastics with the tough skills. It's called artistic gymnastics. We should stand by the name.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
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My parents were both born in Birmingham, Alabama, and come from large Catholic families with lots of Michaels, Marks, and Patricks, so they wanted to choose two names that I don't think you could find anywhere else in the family tree: Haley and Joel.
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Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
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The challenge starts when you first come to Mumbai. But it's momentary if you win an award.
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O public road, I say back I am not afraid to leave you, yet I love you, you express me better than I can express myself.
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Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.
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As soon as the legitimate Lebanese government is convinced that the conditions have ripened and that Lebanon is able to maintain stability on its own... Then, the Syrian forces will return to their homeland.
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A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others.
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What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of Jesus Christ, our only good?
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I'm belligerent rather than ambitious.
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With theatre, we all agree to suspend our disbelief about so many things, but not about race. It's totally OK to have one actor playing five roles - people are willing to believe that. But they won't believe it if there's a black or an Asian kid who has white parents. What does that say about us?
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It's really hard to imagine there ever being the kind of impact there was when punk rock happened in the late 70's. I wish there would be one big change like that again, but I don't know if that'll ever happen.
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When you hear someone talking in a restaurant or overhear someone talking on the street, there are very different patterns of conversation than you would hear in a conventional movie.
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I see it in a lot of period pieces where everybody is standing and talking, in a stilted, archaic way, instead of being loose in the world. So, I try to do a little bit of research, just so that I can feel like I'm grounded, but then I try to bring as much of my human understanding that I can, under the filter of it being 1865.
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I don't remember much from that season, it's so long ago. We know we have a good chance to do something special here and that's the way we're going to approach it.
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Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him.
