Baz Luhrmann Quotes
You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
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I don't know how many people have ever seen the National Guard break in somewhere, but they mean business.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.
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There are so many more women and men who deserve opportunities. People of color. Period.
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The First Nations Financial Transparency Act insulted the integrity of the very people in our communities who guide our economic policy and act as our mediators with provincial and federal governments.
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When I'm around black or white people, I'm always in the middle. Especially when I am around black people; they will really tell how they feel about white people regardless of the fact that I'm also white and have white relatives. It's very interesting and can be really hard.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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I told my parents that I will marry any girl they choose for me. They also told me that they are open to considering any girl I choose. We were very open about it throughout.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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I don't think I was really addicted. I used it as a party tool.
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There's more to me, you know? I'm not Macaulay Culkin, 'Home Alone' kid. I'm Macaulay Culkin... actor.
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People love video games because they do things they obviously can't do in real life. That's especially true with sports games because fans love to step into the shoes of their favorite athletes.
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In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than the English kings, though I haven't actually counted the heads.
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Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.
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I want to move people, stir something within them that makes them feel. That's what a movie should do and an actor should do, make you feel something. I think that's why people love films so much.
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Playing live is everything. Sometimes being on the road is hard, and it's a lot of work, and tiring. From a musical point of view, you improve all the time. Not only that, but you learn how to deal with people and deal with energy in a live setting.
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.
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It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
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One of the nice things about moving from acting to writing is that your work can be in the public eye without having to be in the public eye yourself. I guess that's not completely true. If you're lucky - and I have been - there are book tours and lectures. I don't have stage fright, and I enjoy meeting people, so that's easy and enjoyable, but it's not a constant, and it's not celebrity.
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I have a political attitude, but I'm certainly not a politician.
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You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
