Geoff Lawton Quotes
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In those years of the Fifties, in London and New York, I lived, without knowing it, in a time when the profoundest changes were happening: when a radical alteration was getting ready to happen in the way a society saw young girls. And, as a consequence, in the way they saw themselves.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.
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I love to play with the notion of who the protagonist is - who is the audience supposed to root for? I did it in 'Sicario' and feel it was the strength of the script - guiding the audience's allegiance toward the villain because they think he's the hero, until it's revealed that he's the villain.
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You've got no chance of reaching the top if you're just playing for money.
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You grow and evolve and as you do that, your art hopefully reflects that change and that growth.
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I was really ambitious, so I was innovative. I was one of the first DJs to do live calls, 'cause I found this phone device that would pick up other people's voices.
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If mankind were all intellect, they would be continually changing, so that one age would be entirely unlike another. The great conservative is the heart, which remains the same in all ages; so that commonplaces of a thousand years' standing are as effective as ever.
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To ISIS and others: We will defeat you.
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... the state of a really big system does not at all have to have the symmetry of the laws which govern it; in fact, it usually has less symmetry.
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Everyone has an opinion when it comes to immigration - strong, intense opinions.
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I'm not f-ing Justin Bieber, you motherf-ers!
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I'm a sucker for corn rows and manicured toes.
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God is much greater than anything we can imagine.
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Shakespeare didn't work at all for me.
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I guess I don't have much interest in writing straight drama. So whatever subject matter I choose will ultimately be dealt with in a comic way.
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People can help solve these problems, ... This is the power of our user base, rather than just using brute force and algorithmic search, although this is still important.
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You can solve all the world's problems in a garden.
