Barney Frank Quotes
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.
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Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'
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'Crash' is a movie about the racial tension that still exists in America. A lot of us pretend that we don't have preconceived notions and stereotypical ideals about each other, but we do. And we wanted to create a movie about people whose lives crash into each others' accidentally.
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I've been in the room or watched artists walk in who don't write, and you can't figure out what they really want.
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Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other.
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If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.
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I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.
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I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should.
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What have we achieved since the end of the Second World War? We have allowed petty, bourgeois regimes in which everything is average, mediocre.
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In my ideal world there would be 99% unemployment for actors, and I would be the 1% that's employed. I hear about somebody getting a job at Starbucks and I get jealous.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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All the times I've been lucky enough to be a part of a show that's actually gotten on the air, it's always that same mixture of excitement and utter fear.
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My cash cows, the slick magazines, were put out of business by TV.
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I think on some level, you do your best things when you're a little off-balance, a little scared. You've got to work from mystery, from wonder, from not knowing.
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I can't control what people think. I'm not trying to manipulate people's thoughts or sentiments. I write all the time. You have to experience life, make observations, and ask questions. It's machine-like how things are run now in hip-hop, and my ambitions are different.
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Cartoonists' dirty secret is that we tend to come up with stories that involve things that are really fun to draw.
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The opposite of pragmatism is not idealism. It’s wishful thinking.
