Wim Wenders Quotes
I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s.
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I'm not a very technical musician at all.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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Science is an international enterprise where discoveries in one part of the world are useful in other parts.
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I'm a breakfast type of guy. Don't get me wrong. I can cook, I'm kinda nice on the burner, but I enjoy making breakfast. I do it all... Scrambled eggs... French toast... Pancakes... Breakfast is my thing.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.
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Oil is ancient wealth in the ground.
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I never had any film training. I went to Northwestern. I studied education and theater. So it was all theater training.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I'm not terribly confrontational, but I've gotten better at holding my ground.
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I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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Yes, we have the body here; this we have had before.
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For a woman, the typical danger emanating from the unconscious comes from above, from the 'spiritual' sphere personified by the animus, whereas for a man it comes from the chthonic realm of the 'world and woman,' i.e., the anima projected on to the world.
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Life is hard, and then you die.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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I've never been on Wall Street. And I care about Wall Street for one reason and one reason only because what happens on Wall Street matters to Main Street.
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Nothing is given to you in this world, so you have to work hard.
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Live television drama was like live theater, because you moved without thinking about the camera. It followed you around. In film you have to be more aware of what the camera is doing.
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I'm getting a little bored by the juxtaposition of American and other cinema. I no longer think this division is as true as it might have been in the 1980s, or the early part of the 90s.
