Alex Gibney Quotes
I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
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The world needs some help.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
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I actually started playing in little cafes around New York, and I have a lot of good friends of mine who are musicians who are struggling in New York.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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Conscience is a mother-in-law whose visit never ends.
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I love 'First Wives Club' and 'Death Becomes Her' and movies about women like that.
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick.
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I think the concept of polo that people had in the 1920s and the 1930s was much more accurate, when going to a polo match was seen as a great day out and great fun on a more popular level.
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Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.
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There was a rule, back when I was an education lawyer in Alabama, about visiting public schools: always go on a rainy day so you can see how badly the roofs leak.
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Everything bad that has ever happened to me has been caused by agents or lawyers.
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I always wanted to be commander-in-chief of my one-woman army, But I can envision the mediocrity of my finest hour.
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I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.
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Republican government - self-government by the people - is at the heart of what it means to be free.
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I think that all research scientists think of themselves as belonging to a grand tradition, building on work that has been worked on since the very beginning of science itself. Whereas I'm not sure writers think of themselves in the same way.
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I'd like to someday see myself married to my true love and starting a big family, and at the same time still having an artistic job.
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I remember when I did my Enron film, my executive producers at the time felt very strongly that I should mock the Enron executives more viciously because everybody wanted that moment.
