J. Paul Getty Quotes
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When you make a living from something, it changes your relationship with it.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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When you are performing in theater, you feel so connected to your audience. It's exhilarating!
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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What I'm trying to do is to write a story. If you take something from it, that's wonderful; if you don't, that's wonderful as well.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
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Painting was a problem - you produce a thing, and then you sell it and get money, and that was quickly considered totally uncool.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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When you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on.
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Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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'Heaven's Gate' was based on a true story about the cattle people: the people who had the money turned on the settlers who were in the area. And it was mainly a defense of their behavior. And the cattlemen's association had just about declared war on these people who were poaching cattle, and because they were mainly immigrants.
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'Moonlight' changed me. To see people so moved by this movie inspires me to find something else to offer. And maybe the next one touches only five people or maybe just one person. To me, you know, that would still be worth it.
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The best characters in books are always the difficult ones, and why would you want to fall in love with someone difficult? The ones I'd fall in love with are the ones I'd definitely keep out of a book.
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The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in our time.
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
