Luther Campbell Quotes
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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I have never gotten my nails done.
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The more you consume, the more insecure you are. It's the nature of the world.
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I was impressed with what someone like Karl Lagerfeld built and did and the house that he made, but there was never really a female figure I wanted to emulate.
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I find there's a thin, permeable membrane between journalism and history, and though some academic historians take a dim view of it, I gather a lot of strength and professional inspiration from passing back and forth across it.
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I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
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I'm quite subdued, believe it or not. I switch it on for the camera.
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I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They're not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After 'Juno' I thought: 'I think I've defined myself enough as my own director that I'd love to work with my father.'
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I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
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I want to direct films, ultimately. Hopefully I'll have a fantastic career in acting and then go on to do that. That's my dream; that's the ultimate goal.
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Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
