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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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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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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I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.
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Over the longer period of time it would move in exactly the wrong direction because it would encourage us to use more oil, not less.
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Let's not let cartoonists get involved in a war of any kind, except for a war against stupidity.
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Mainstream to me equals boring, so I don't want to be doing that.
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'Lord Arthur, may I present Lady Wednesday's Dawn?' Arthur bowed. He had already half-guessed the identity of their surprise guest. She had the hauteur that all the chief servants of the Trustees possessed. A kind of look that said, I am superior and you had better admit it.
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I think America has a responsibility to maintain its leadership in technology and its moral leadership in the world, to explore, to seek knowledge.
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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.
