Damien Chazelle Quotes
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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Training for a fight is never easy, regardless of the opponent.
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I've never danced professionally as a ballet dancer, but all of my training is ballet, and I am a Fosse dancer.
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If someone had protected the HTML language for making Web pages, then we wouldn't have the World Wide Web.
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I feel like one thing that a lot of creative people go through is that they feel like they don't have the right to be creative or to put their stuff out there. I'm glad that blogging from a young age kind of got that out of the way for me.
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The first two or three movies I did, I'd be around famous co-stars and totally pretend like I didn't care, but inside, I was shaking. I've been weaning myself off that.
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I am a Westerner of Westerners!
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I like to think that I could praise the good book of someone I personally dislike. I try not to comment on the person, to be insulting, but I have no trouble being insulting to the work.
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When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
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Never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.
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My dresses are for women of all different shapes and sizes. Actually, the one I tried on yesterday was the one Jennifer wore. And who'd have thought I'd be the same size as Jennifer Lopez!
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Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
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I've always looked upon politics as a very boring thing. Politics never interested me as much as the people involved in it.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say that the 761st was Patton's best tank unit and nobody knew about it.
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I have a necklace with a golden key, given to me by my sisters, which I always wear.
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I was reading Omar Khayyam, Kahlil Gibran, Rumi, L. Ron Hubbard, all sorts of philosophy. Bebop cats are like that. Curious. I wanted to know about everything.
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Beginning under the Roman Empire, intellectual leadership in the West had been provided by Christianity. In the middle ages, who invented the first universities - in Paris, Oxford, Cambridge? The church.
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I do not try to duplicate anyone's success; I am just really inspired by what they have done. I like the fact that The Roots can tour extensively, put out albums, and be so well received; that takes a lot of work. I really admire that, and it's something that I try to attain myself.
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If you still have to ask, shame on you
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Painful experiences are not meant to linger. They are meant to teach us what they need to teach us, and then dissolve.
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I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly.
