J. C. Chandor Quotes
That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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In China, because Chinese is a tonal language, it can be kind of hard to follow people's emotional tracks. There was one moment where a woman I was interviewing just sort of burst into tears, and I can usually sort of tell when things are coming on, and in that moment, it was very unexpected.
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Certainly by the time I was in seventh grade, I knew I had to have a long education if I wanted to become an astronomer, but I figured I'd try it, and if I didn't get far enough, I could always end up teaching in high school or math or physics.
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With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions.
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San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.
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Sexual relations, of course, have existed, exist, and will exist. However, this is in no way connected with the indispensability of the existence of the family.
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It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.
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I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.
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I'm a religious man. I pray for Milky Way.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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I'm thankful I grew up the way I did. It made me a hard worker and insightful to other people's lives.
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A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead.
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The 1910 Edison film of 'Frankenstein' was itself a dead thing revived by technology.
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It is necessary to try to pass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.
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There are times when fixing things quickly is the only option: when you have to channel MacGyver, reach for the duct tape, and cobble together whatever solution works right now. If someone is choking on a morsel of food, you don't sit back, stroke your chin and take the Aristotelian long view. You quickly administer the Heimlich maneuvre.
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Investor confidence in Adani is fairly high, and most of our investors are long-term investors.
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Well, I've had a long standing relationship with Gatorade and they've been very, very good to me. And I believe in their products, I really do. I've used them for many, many years.
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I've never tried pot; I've never tried anything.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
