Christopher Pyne Quotes
He's being held in residential surveillance, which we would normally describe as home detention ... my understanding is it's in Beijing.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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It's healthy to have interests besides books.
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Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
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Government doesn't have to come up with new killer features on its own. It has to step aside and let others come up with them.
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To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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Being successful is about professionalism, and chewing gum is unprofessional. Its also a huge pet peeve of mine.
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'Green' is likely to be a big issue in the 2008 U.S. presidential election - largely in response to George Bush's suicidal refusal to engage with environmental issues.
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Our central theme is, How good you can get? How hard can I go to see how good you can get?
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I know I should feel anger at my father for certain things. But since he died when I was 11, I never got to that point.
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Within the horizon of this western myth, love is understood as the artificial restraining of our natural impulses toward unbridled aggression.
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This is the best job in television. I grew up watching the 'Today show.'
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Sloth, not ill-will, makes me unjust.
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At first, I was stubborn about not wanting to become a city boy.
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All I ever want is to return to either Bangladesh, my motherland, or India, my adopted home.
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
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I wish I could create an IMAX film that would make my work accessible to a broader audience.
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He's being held in residential surveillance, which we would normally describe as home detention ... my understanding is it's in Beijing.
