Baz Luhrmann Quotes
There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
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Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan to keep America safe is resonating with voters.
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Those who incline to very strictly utilitarian views may perhaps feel that the peculiar powers of the Analytical Engine bear upon questions of abstract and speculative science rather than upon those involving everyday and ordinary human interests.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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I heard that in the United States the level of baseball was the highest in the world. So it was only natural that I would want to go there, as a baseball player.
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When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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I am pleased to tell you that he is finally getting some rest and is regaining his appetite as well.
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Guys like me don't necessarily progress very far, which is fine.
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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If you live a rebellious lifestyle, then you rebel against things because they go against your ideals and the integrity of who you are as a person.
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In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.'
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London was a real dump in the 70s, when it belonged to me and my friends, because, like most cities, you kind of hand them off. You're in charge for a bit and then you don't go out anymore. You say, "Oh god, it's going to be too crowded."
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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Stories move in circle. They don’t move in straight lines. So it helps if you listen in circles. There are stories inside stories and stories between stories and finding your way through them is as easy and as hard as finding your way home. And part of the finding is the getting lost. And when you’re lost you start to look around and to listen.
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I started drama in high school.
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We must understand the motives and forces of our time and analyze their structure from three points of view: the material, the functional, and the spiritual. We must make clear in what respects our epoch differs from others and in what respects it is similar.
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There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
