George Washington Quotes
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
Quotes to Explore
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
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My best friend Rosemarie and I had a very involved secret life when we were in elementary school. After we saw 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' on TV, we invented a whole secret life in which we were twins from the planet Venus, and we were in charge of the entire solar system as well as Earth.
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You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.
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A lot of my films have dealt with the dark side of technology and stress that you have to examine the ramifications of progress.
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I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and they lead. The Lincolns of the world, the Alexander the Greats, they do exist. They have existed.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
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When you grow up in the country in France, you have small horizons.
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I owe everything to France.
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In Zurich, in a cafe overlooking the Limmat, I ate butter-drenched white asparagus pulled from the ground that morning; it had the aftertaste of champagne. I've been able to appreciate epic meals in San Francisco, New Orleans, Berlin, Paris, Las Vegas.
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I've always had a thing for old movies, old Hollywood. I've always just loved watching Marilyn Monroe and Greta Garbo. In all of those old movies from the '40s and '50s, women put themselves together so well, with a little bit of drama and elegance. That was fascinating to me growing up.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
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Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
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I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.
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Music is a language and different people who come along are each using that language to do something different, but all coming at it in a similar vein inasmuch as it's always community based and for the most part nonprofit. Most bands don't ever come within a mile of profit - clearly these people are not playing music to make money.
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I have an instinct to want to be part of a group of people. I feel safe there. That's why I was in school for so long.
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When you lack the awareness of being God you make everything impossible. Wow! Stop living in your humanity and start living in your divinity.
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No one will enter the New World Order unless he or she will make a pledge to worship Lucifer. No one will enter the New Age unless he will take a Luciferian Initiation
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The Walker Brothers, they were a talented pair of people. I thought that Scott had a very fine voice.
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In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
