Brett Dennen Quotes
I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.
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Don't try and make a movie for someone else. You have to make it for you and trust that you're not that unique. And that'll matter to other people as well.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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My dad was a good athlete. My mom had longevity. There were some athletic genes that certainly got passed down.
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Though intelligence is powerless to modify character, it is a dab hand at finding euphemisms for its weaknesses.
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Likewise nanotechnology will, once it gets under way, depend on the tools we have then and our ability to use them, and not on the steps that got us there.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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In the end, you have to protect yourself at all times.
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I wasn't going to make a slick, glossy over-produced piece of entertainment because then I would be doing what the Capitol did. Then I'm actually putting on the Hunger Games and not making a movie of the 'Hunger Games.'
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The process of reclaiming the self is one of reconciliation with meaning.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember looking around at the portion sizes of a fast food restaurant and being like, 'Well, this has something to do with it.' Americans definitely eat too much.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I read autobiographies because there is too much fiction in my life.
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We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.
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I still sing every day - in the shower or on the set all day. I'm sure everyone will tell you that I never shut up. But it's not in the capacity that I would like to.
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Writing isn't about the process. It is about creating. The joy comes not from the process but from the creation.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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DJs play a big responsibility of what hip-hop is doing... At the end of the day, it's up to us to control and to own hip-hop. DJs need to challenge us rappers. They got so much power, they need to challenge us.
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It is the child that sees the primordial secret in Nature and it is the child of ourselves we return to. The child within us is simple and daring enough to live the Secret.
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I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.
