Deniz Gamze Erguven Quotes
Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.
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As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences.
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Parodies of commercials are by no means new and have been popular going back to black-and-white TV shows of the '50s.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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I had formed a black movement, so I would speak for the Trotskyist movement and then walk about a hundred yards to where the black movement was speaking.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.
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Don't take things too seriously, and just chill.
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A good leader has to at some point trust those around him; otherwise, nothing constructive is going to get done.
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Morality without a sense of paradox is mean.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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I'm a very positive person, but this whole concept of having to always be nice, always smiling, always happy, that's not real. It was like I was wearing a mask. I was becoming this perfectly chiselled sculpture, and that was bad. That took a long time to understand.
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I'm grateful to HBO for telling my story, and I'd like to thank everyone for their ongoing support.
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I felt so relaxed. It just felt very easy, and that's why it surprised me that I had broken my world record.
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I just wanted to tell good stories that helped explain the world to people.
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Making a film transforms your relationship to the world. And there's some sort of natural authority that builds up along the way.
