Alexander Payne Quotes
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As for T.B. Joshua, I am a descendant of my family in Arigidi-Akoko in Ondo State, Nigeria - but as for the divine nature, the power of God affects my life to give peace to people, deliverance to people, and healing to people.
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When I started making movies, I was pretty young, and at the time I felt like there needed to be more confrontation in cinema - or I needed to make something more disruptive - so in the beginning, those movies were me wanting to play with the rules.
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People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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I'm kind of lax about hair in general. I stopped shaving my armpits in part to experiment with pheromones, but also because I just didn't feel like shaving them anymore.
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
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I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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'The Real World' is the most predictable arc ever. They get on the show, they're all excited, we're gonna be best friends, then people start drinking and get hammered, and say stupid stuff, and that's pretty much it.
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My mom had me when she was 19 or 20. And my father was 22 or something. They were working on whatever they could, both of them aiming to be actors in theater.
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My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.
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I'm well aware that the Internet is global and can't be wholly affected by any one country. But the United States has outsized influence.
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We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore.
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When I'm creating characters, I definitely think of theme songs. Writing for me is very visual, so I sometimes think of it in terms of a movie with a soundtrack, and try to transfer that to words.
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I used to be more of a wild kid. But I've slowed down.
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I've got three daughters and I'm going to stand up for them and support them in whatever they want to do.
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There's shorthand that happens when you work with someone you know where you can almost finish each other's sentences. There's just a certain back and forth that becomes much easier with someone you've worked with for so long.
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The hardest part of this whole movie-making endeavor is finding ideas.
