David Gordon Green Quotes
I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then letting people loose, and for that there's no greater actor or performer than children. Animals are maybe a close runner-up.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.
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I like listening to music and driving. How do you say... It's the only way I can 'chillax.'
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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Genes work with probabilities; they don't work with certainties. So most things that you're looking at with these genetic tests, it's not like you're condemned to automatically get the disease or the syndrome. There's a lot of factors in play there.
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I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
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If you're black, if you're gay, if you're Latin - we're all the same. We're all the same, and we all want the same: We want to be happy.
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It just feels unnatural to me to broadcast anything other than the character I've created.
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I lost more then 6 kilograms when I ceased with the top sport. That were all muscles. They are now gone.
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Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well.
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I try to treat people the way I would like to be treated, but I can't worry about what everyone's going to think.
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Ballot formats should be standardized nationally rather than left to the often bad judgment of local officials.
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When you're on set, the crew are like your family because you see them every day, six days a week.
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The range of ingredients available to home cooks has expanded dramatically. People are incorporating herbs and spices like lemongrass, smoked Mexican chile, sumac, and za'atar mix.
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For some days, people thought that India was shaking. But there are always tremors when a great tree falls.
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'Star Trek' put sci-fi on the map and changed television, and 'Battlestar' has changed it in another direction by making it a little more mainstream and acceptable to people who wouldn't normally watch sci-fi.
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I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.
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I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.
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Becoming a mother made me better understand how blessed I am to do this job.
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The range of my interests in science fiction - it really does run a gamut.
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We must have systems of checks and balances to make sure that those people who are making critical decisions for our country are held accountable, and nowhere is that more important than in the area of national security.
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I think it's fascinating to note that some of the most successful organizations of our time got there by focusing obsessively on service, viewing compensation as an afterthought or a side effect. As marketing gets more and more expensive, it turns out that caring for people is a useful shortcut to trust, which leads to all the other things that a growing organization seeks.
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Santa Fe is a great place which people don't get there often, but it's like a unique place.
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I'm not a director that's about precision and control and perfection, I'm about creating an atmosphere that's organic and interesting and then letting people loose, and for that there's no greater actor or performer than children. Animals are maybe a close runner-up.
