Carlo Goldoni Quotes
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I call myself a feminist, not a feminist filmmaker. If somebody asked me if I had a feminist sensibility it would be pretty hard to deny, but is it the theme of my work? Not necessarily. I'm interested in a lot of things.
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When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit.
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Cinema reflects culture and there is no harm in adapting technology, but not at the cost of losing your originality.
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I don't sleep enough, and it does... what is the opposite of wonders... horrors. It does horrors for my skin.
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If you don't love something, it's not functional, in my opinion.
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It's always been my dream to just continually do really cool indie movies, character-driven stuff. I would love to do more theater on a larger scale. I'm just excited for the next thing that comes along that I'm salivating over. I think a little more guerrilla would be really exciting to me.
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Americans have long recognized the need to protect our public lands and their vast resources.
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I'm a professional songwriter - personal attitudes have nothing to do with writing a song.
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Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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I like to let the story flesh itself out, and usually, the characters make their own decisions as things get under way. Dialogue especially seems to write itself once I'm familiar with the characters and their backgrounds.
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I wanted to have a body of work behind me before I wrote about racism.
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Software tends not to kill people, and so we accept incredibly fast innovation loops because the consequences are tolerable and the results are astonishing.
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Almost always, when we have fights in movies, they're done in these strange rooms where nothing gets broken. It's almost like they're in padded cells.
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Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
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I don't really know what the prerequisites are for Bollywood, but I do believe I can be successful in anything I choose to do.
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I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.
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To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.
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It's ludicrous to think people work for you: 'a film by...' doesn't exist. Directed by, maybe, but it's a film from a collective, a group of people whom you consult and seek your counsel and advice and vice versa, too.
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I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.
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Faced with ostracization at school and confinement at home, I turned to karaoke.
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Society has changed so dramatically that it's empowered the individual, and technology has a lot to do with that. Years ago, if you had a bad experience at a restaurant, you could complain to the manager. Maybe you could picket. Now, you go online and write a review that may go viral.
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We'll put aside a little time to fix a flat or 2, my tires and tubes are doing fine but the air is showing through.
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I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat - and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health.
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Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.
