Gavin Hood Quotes
Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
Quotes to Explore
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Football is good, but family, close friends, my brothers - I have family everywhere - is the most important thing.
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I am the last guy that wants to quit making music.
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The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Crime and the fear of crime have permeated the fabric of American life.
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Never hire someone who knows less than you do about what he's hired to do.
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I love engaging in conversation with other moms because we can relate to one another, and we swap valuable insight and information.
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I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
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Many hedge fund managers have become billionaires; perhaps this - plus their reputations as the smartest guys in the room - is why they have captured the investing public's imagination.
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I'm addicted to 'Scandal.' Joe Morton is the devil, and I love him. I am addicted to 'Boardwalk Empire.' Jeffrey Wright is the devil, and I love him.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also been sucking precious finite resources from our environment ever since.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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We see an entire planet which has many limitations.
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Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.
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Tabloids are going to focus on my shoes and not my music; that's just what they do.
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I try and make it possible for beginners to start training MMA and not be scared of it as a sport. I try to actually give them the skill set that is necessary - to feel comfortable, maybe not on a big level. And not just Russia, but worldwide.
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We were racing at circuits where there were no crash barriers in front of the pits, and fuel was lying about in churns in the pit lane. A car could easily crash into the pits at any time. It was ridiculous.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
