Alexandre Aja Quotes
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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No religion makes more use of color than Hinduism, with its blue-skinned gods and peony-lipped goddesses, and even the spring festival of Holi is focused on color: Boys squirt arcs of dyed water on passersby or dump powder, all violently hued, on their marks.
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As an entrepreneur, you only fail when you give up.
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Folks, I've been straight for seventeen days... Not all in a row.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
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Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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I have been sustained by cane field, the cane plantation I have.
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'Heroine' is about a declining and imbalanced superstar - a very brave and bold role. I wanted to test whether I could carry a role like this. I have given 200 per cent to this role. She's a very complex character, very aggressive, manipulative and bold, yet she's very fragile.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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I'm definitely inspired by old hip-hop.
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So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing.
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I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.
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I fell in love with acting. I thought, 'This is what I want to do.'
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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I have no tax breaks or corporate interests to be supported by Barack Obama.
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We have to keep our eye on inflation, but so far inflation remains reasonably in check on the global stage.
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If it weren't for book tours, I would never leave my house.
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A beautiful plant is like having a friend around the house.
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When I started at Baruch in January 2002, I was almost 23 years old. I'd previously spent five years as an officer the Israeli Navy. I did what I thought you were supposed to do at that age - a little studying and a lot of trying to have fun.
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The checklist is one of the most high powered productivity tool ever discovered.
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A movie like 'The Last House On The Left' would be very hard to do in Europe.
