Calin Rovinescu Quotes
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have - 'What's going to happen to your child if you're not around?'
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Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
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Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it's popular in that way.
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Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop?
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I have a strong emotional respect for Steve.
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It's possible to train great people, but a person with great training who doesn't have certain characteristics is only going to go so far.
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Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding, but they ought not to be done per capita. Congress is to blame for some of this.
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I'm often stunned when I come up over Mulholland, and I'm looking down at the Valley, and I can see for thirty miles; I can see the mountains, or all the way to the ocean.
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People use the notion of God to bully people and hurt people, when we can use the concept to respect and uplift.
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I am always watching old films and trying to fill gaps in my knowledge.
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I didn't even know what a beauty editor was. It sounds like a fictional job if you think about it. You get to test lipstick and perfume and nail polish legitimately and call it work.
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The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly.
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Would I rather the research lab that tests animals is reduced to a bunch of cinders? Yes.
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Truth is a new word in Europe (and elsewhere).
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I think the fact that I was raised in show business, in New York City, in the '50s, that's affected my personality to the point that I'm a little different.
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We're understandably worried that staring at screens all day, and blogging about our breakfasts, is turning America into a nation of narcissists. But the opposite might be true.
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It doesn't matter if I am the lead or a man is the lead actor in a film. What really matters to me is that I give my 100 per cent to my job.
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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
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Airlines are in a unique position where they do business with virtually everybody.
