Gelson Martins Quotes
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I believe journalism or news will migrate to the online medium.
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Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he's talking about.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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In a competitive industry, only paranoid incumbents - those constantly striving for betterment - have any hope of surviving.
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Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice.
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My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.
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Success begins at that magical moment when you declare to yourself, your friends, and the universe that you believe you can do something different.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.
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Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.
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I'd rather make the cut in the Crosby than win another Oscar.
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I'm a piece of work, man. I will do what I want, at all times, always. Nobody's going to persuade me one way or another. I can't be persuaded. I take criticism, I listen, I analyze, but at the end of the day, I make the decisions. Because that's the way I started, and that's the way I'm going to finish.
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You have to change your life for yourself, and it's about the fun of getting there - sitting in the tour van, breaking down on the side of the road, you know, having a laugh with the guys in the band, making mistakes with nobody watching.
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Dealing with negative comments is part of this job, and I've had to develop a thick skin, though some days it's easier than others.
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God cannot hear the prayers on our lips often because the desires of our heart after the world cry out to Him much more strongly and loudly than the our desires for Him.
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When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
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I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.
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Behind every erotic condemnation there's a burning hypocrite.
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I think the best thing is to change environment.
