Lars von Trier Quotes
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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We can have a World War, I see absolutely no reason why we shouldn't have a World Party.
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I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle but still equally important.
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So, from a very young age, my mom tells me that I wanted to be Michael J. Fox. I didn't want to be an actor. I just wanted to be Michael J. Fox for awhile. And then, I realized that he was an actor, so I pursued that.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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Novelists get to say plenty in their massive tomes; rock singers only get four-minute songs with two verses and a chorus' worth of lyrics, and so there's a real pleasure in accessing the intelligence behind the music, even if it doesn't qualify as 'great literature.'
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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If I was being paid thirty-thousand dollars a year, the very least I could do was hit .400.
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Ed is very sexy because his emotions are really there - not forced.
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I am really addicted to music.
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Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.
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It would be just as pointless to oppose the international use of English today as it would have been to oppose the worldwide use of French in the 18th century.
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Give generously - and receive graciously.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us.
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Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It's a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It's a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people.
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I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.