Andrew Dominik Quotes
Films that score very high with test audiences generally tend to not be so great. But, there's a lot of money involved in making movies, and it's a way for people to reassure themselves, who have spent money, and it's also a way to work out how to market a movie.
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World's children cannot wait any longer. While international community debates and issues recommendations, statements and fine speeches, world's children - marginalised, socially excluded, poor and vulnerable - continue to suffer.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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I just take every script as it comes along and take it from there.
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People who are in a position of power like to throw their weight around, and that becomes abuse.
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Parents and teachers alike are alarmed by this top-down approach to education that wrongly ties education money for states to the adoption of academic standards that do not fully reflect the values of South Carolina.
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Films that score very high with test audiences generally tend to not be so great. But, there's a lot of money involved in making movies, and it's a way for people to reassure themselves, who have spent money, and it's also a way to work out how to market a movie.
