Edward Jay Epstein Quotes
I regret the way that America has elected to make films for its bluntest section of society and in ways that flatter them, and we have to recognize how much that is being done for money. We have to find another way of measuring ourselves. And film is one of the few ways that might be done.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
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I feel like a younger man, and I'm sure having a child and all that has to do with that.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.
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I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.
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The hardest part about being a woman is figuring out what to wear.
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Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.
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The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.
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Mother was actually a great doer and organizer. All the special occasions were directed by mother.
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Man, if he is to remain man, must advance by way of consciousness. There is no road leading backward. ... We can no longer veil reality from ourselves by renouncing self-consciousness without simultaneously excluding ourselves from the historical course of human existence.
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I say we put a choice card in every veteran's hands to say, 'You choose.' You control your health care. If you want to go to the VA, which most veterans like, go to the VA. But if you want to go outside of the system, here's your choice card. You go outside of the system.
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I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.
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Dark comedy is very difficult. You have to bring the audience in and push them away at the same time.
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Poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation.
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Get a bicycle. You will not regret it, if you live.
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Does it bother me that some people are burning their own System CDs and taking money out of my pocket? Not really. This has always been about putting the best possible version of the song in the fans hands. It was like selling an artist's painting before he had finished it.
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I regret the way that America has elected to make films for its bluntest section of society and in ways that flatter them, and we have to recognize how much that is being done for money. We have to find another way of measuring ourselves. And film is one of the few ways that might be done.
