Christopher Meledandri Quotes
No matter what happens with technology or whether you're in traditional animation or stop-motion or CG, the biggest challenge always is story. The flow of making the movie is usually determined by how your story is coming together, and when your story is straining and you can't quite get your hands around it, your entire production is straining.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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It is absolutely critical for competitiveness in the United States for us to really raise the bar in education, especially in math, in science, in technology.
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The nature of good fiction is that it dwells in ambiguity.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Colorado cannot afford to become the next California, with skyrocketing taxes that hurt our state's economy and our quality of life.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I googled 'Gabby Douglas,' and all these things popped up like 'Gabby Douglas makes history!' And 'She's the champion!'
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Although I am a Christian, I am not even close to perfect.
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I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.
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Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
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They say Mars absolves the warrior from the crimes of war, but those who were not the warriors, those for whom the war was said to be fought, even though they never wanted it to be fought, who absolves them?
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The cycle of the machine is now coming to an end. Man has learned much in the hard discipline and the shrewd, unflinching grasp of practical possibilities that the machine has provided in the last three centuries: but we can no more continue to live in the world of the machine than we could live successfully on the barren surface of the moon.
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I love New York, but I have to admit that I feel very English, and I do miss that sense of history that you have everywhere in Britain.
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I was good. I probably could have gone to the NFL. I just hated practice.
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This is a perverse thing, personally, but I would rather be in the cycle where people are underestimating us. It gives us latitude to go out and make big bets that excite and amaze people.
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It's good to feel stupid sometimes and do things that are out of your comfort zone.
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We should care about each other.
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I'm sure those rumors are spread, but it's just ah - we're really good friend. We've been since day one in Hollywood. In class, we've been together in school. We've gotten really close, but I don't know about the more than friends stuff.
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I use a Blackberry. I'm so behind on mobile communication technology, I think a smartwatch may be too far a leap.
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Some people fear that technology will become more engaging than live human interactions. That's silly; technology is already way more interesting than other people.
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
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No matter what happens with technology or whether you're in traditional animation or stop-motion or CG, the biggest challenge always is story. The flow of making the movie is usually determined by how your story is coming together, and when your story is straining and you can't quite get your hands around it, your entire production is straining.
