Gavin Hood Quotes
There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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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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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov -
If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he pleases, without any distinction. The contrary is true, or else he should not have sworn to keep it.
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Golf is not easy.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Time was God's first creation.
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Photography is a small voice, at best, but sometimes one photograph, or a group of them, can lure our sense of awareness.
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When I made my first album, there was no indication that anybody other than my parents were going to buy it.
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Even if you're not a Catholic, even if you're not a Christian, in fact even if you have no religious faith at all, what people could see in Pope John Paul was a man of true and profound spiritual faith.
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Men are made of the dust of the earth.
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A great deal of thought must be given to your daughter's marriage. Otherwise, she will simply slink off like a cat on a dark night to be fertilized under a bush to God knows whom!
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A light cotton cami is always great to stay cool.
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There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
