Lina Wertmuller Quotes
Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
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I think same sex couples should be able to get married.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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One of the important lessons of the Internet is, how easy it is to get things done completely shapes what gets created. For that reason, technologies like Amazon's cloud service are very important. Even if they aren't technically impressive, they make things easy to do.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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I'm letting inspiration move me, in whatever direction it may, without concern if this sounds too rap or too indie, or there's too many words in it.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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And in fact I don't believe there is such a thing as a definitive picture of something. The land is a living, breathing thing and light changes its character every second of every day. That's why I love it so much.
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The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
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One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.
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Sometimes we make films just for our people, and it doesn't reach to anyone.
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Since the beginning of time, children have not liked to study. They would much rather play, and if you have their interests at heart, you will let them learn while they play; they will find that what they have mastered is child's play.
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The music led to the acting. But movies aren't something you can just will yourself into. Someone has to choose you, and you have to be quite fortunate to be chosen.
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I knew a homeless guy who'd give all the copper coins that people gave him to charity. So I think there's something that makes us want to give. For me, it's quite a selfish luxury: you feel enlivened, deepened and self-nurtured by generosity.
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Love, supreme power of the heart, mysterious enthusiasm that encloses in itself all poetry, all heroism, all religion!
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I married beneath me, all women do.
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I draw every day - unless I'm being interviewed.
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My photo has nothing to do with the person I am, the dreams I have, the family I want to build, the family I'm from.
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Some feminists have this party-line attitude, and they can be very extremist. The most enlightened characters in my film are women.
