Wim Wenders Quotes
The reason I never wrote a novel is that I don't have what it takes to write characters, so they would all be talking differently. I lack that ability. If I were writing, they would all talk like me, and that's no good.
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I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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It never occurred to me that some people were seen as wrong or even different.
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I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.
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Team members need to learn to leverage one another, and that doesn't happen over a golf game or on a phone. It happens by getting together and taking the time to know each other.
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I was a breakdancer as a kid. I was on one of the top break dancing teams in Australia.
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I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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Stop a minute, right where you are. Relax your shoulders, shake your head and spine like a dog shaking off cold water. Tell that imperious voice in your head to be still.
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It is my hope that I will be able to work with legislative leaders on both sides of the aisle and Gov. Hickenlooper to find a solution to fix our ailing pension system.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
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A plan is always successful if the plan is good.
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Bob Rubin was opposed to signing the welfare bill. He's not exactly what I call a flaming liberal.
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I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched.
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The first time I worked with colors was by making these mosaics of Pantone swatches. They end up being very large pictures, and I photographed with a very large camera - an 8x10 camera. So you can see the surface of every single swatch - like in this picture of Chuck Close. And you have to walk very far to be able to see it.
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It's something that I do every year - every Ramadan to be exact - taking an 18-hour flight back home to Malaysia from Los Angeles. I'm born and raised in Malaysia, and Ramadan and Eid has always been my favorite time of the year.
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My mother and father had a terrible marriage. They celebrated their wedding anniversary one year with their friends. Why did they celebrate? Maybe because they had lasted so many years without killing each other.
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Perdomita Britannia et statim omissa. Britain was conquered and immediately lost.
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I don't think people come to television for spectacle. And I don't really have a lot of fun writing spectacle for television, I'll do that in features.
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Victory will be ours soon, Iraqis will strike the necks as God has commanded you.
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Socrates gave no diplomas or degrees, and would have subjected any disciple who demanded one to a disconcerting catechism on the nature of true knowledge.
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The reason I never wrote a novel is that I don't have what it takes to write characters, so they would all be talking differently. I lack that ability. If I were writing, they would all talk like me, and that's no good.
