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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If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.'
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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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Hmmm... I never get the answer I think I'm going to get.
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I trained for the marathon. I run along the East River, and I used to run all the way down Manhattan, up the West Side and back home.
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Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.
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The impulse to make ourselves safer by making ourselves less free is an old one ... When we are badly frightened, we think we can make ourselves safer by sacrificing some of our liberties. We did it during the McCarthy era out of fear of communism. Less liberty is regularly proposed as a solution to crime, to pornography, to illegal immigration, to abortion, to all kinds of threats.
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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.
