Robert Rodriguez Quotes
Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves.
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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In the electronic game world, I know I have a reputation for doing the cyberpunk thing, and for doing the serious epic fantasy thing, but if you go back to when I was a kid, I've been a Disney fan all my life.
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Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.
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Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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Time is the devourer of all things.
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A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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Sometimes you have to exercise your insanity, to really make it strong.
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If I'm not on tour or in the studio, I'm in nature somewhere, usually some kind of ocean. Playing music has afforded me that. It's not lost on me that it's a tremendous opportunity to be able to spend your life being surrounded by nature.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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Second records aren't usually very good. Even Bob Dylan's was a bit disappointing.
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The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of what you know, and the other nine-tenths isn't visible and never mind if that part is pure styrofoam!
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My problem in calling for pressures on South Africa is to convince the youth to convince their governments and people that it is not the South African goods that are cheap, but the forced labor of the Africans.
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Some people say I'm the best back in the NFL. That's what drives you: You want everyone saying there's no doubt who's the best.
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When your kids are their hungriest, put out raw vegetables and dip - simple. It takes two seconds.
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I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.
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I got IRS records to finance what I wanted to do.
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Sometimes a movie series that becomes popular can be a blessing and curse because you get known for that. People don't give you a chance, after that... I'm a big proponent of getting somebody that you always admire and giving them a chance to do something else because they can redefine themselves.
