Lenny Abrahamson Quotes
I wanted to make films that were culturally relevant in my own country, that challenged people, and that people talked about.
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I can just sense some eyes, some people kinda stare a little bit like they recognize me but don't quite know for sure kinda thing.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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To win in Australia, for me, has to be the ultimate success because the Aussies live for sport.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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There's no single company in the whole world that has a big-scale production base and at the same time has screening and distribution channels. Wanda Group is the first one in the world.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I have a lot of faults. I often interrupt in meetings. I talk too loud. I talk too fast.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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I plan to be a part of Haiti's reconstruction and future.
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What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business.
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I remember when the family album came out, people would just knock on our door because they thought they knew us, and that, of course, is one of the great hazards.
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Whenever the government says, 'It's time to move on,' that means there's something they don't want you to know about.
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I grew up in Cuba under a strong, military, oppressive dictatorship. So as a teenager, I found myself involved in a revolution. I remember during that time, a young, charismatic leader rose up, talking about hope and change. His name was Fidel Castro.
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I wanted to make films that were culturally relevant in my own country, that challenged people, and that people talked about.
