Baz Luhrmann Quotes
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I believe Mexico should dedicate 100% of its oil revenues to developing human capital and technological development. None of us politicians should be able to touch that money.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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In some ways, my most comfortable feeling has been that of being an outsider coming in, but over the years I've tired of that and I'm ready to feel at home. That's what music gives me: a feeling of absolute home.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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We have to believe in free-will. We've got no choice.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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Events tend to recur in cycles.
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I won't give the credit to 'good fortune.' Whatever I have achieved is because of my hard work and passion.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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I buy so much fake jewelry, it's funny. It's not real. I don't wear real diamonds or anything.
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I come from the small town of Sialkot in Pakistan. During pre-Partition, this town had the highest literacy rate among women.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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To me, success is choice and opportunity.
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I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.
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There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact.
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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All legislative experiments in the way of making forcible distribution of the wealth produced in any country have failed.
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Of course, you have politics, the Vietnam war and all that monkey business. There are all kinds of reasons. At every one of those demonstrations in the late Sixties about the Vietnam war, you could guarantee there'd be a series of speeches. The ostensible purpose was to protest the war. But then somebody came up and gave a black power speech, usually Black Muslims, then. And then you'd have a women's rights speech. It was terrible to listen to these things.
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There were a couple of times, leading up to shooting [Ordinary World], where I was like, "Oh, my god, what did I get myself into? Hopefully, I don't ruin this guy's precious script." And then, after a couple of days of shooting, I started getting in the groove of it and it was really fun. I love being a rookie at stuff. It makes it feel vital. I love doing things I've never done before, and I love making stuff.
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Look, I had a passion for comic books growing up.
