Beeban Kidron Quotes
The thing about documentary is that you don't really choose your subjects: they come and grab you out of your bed.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I like seeing girls throw down.
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I mean there are many people who have endorsed me that I agree with on some things and not others.
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These immigrants have come to our country and blatantly disregarded our laws. We cannot, we should not, reward that. No amnesty. No ability to vote. Get those borders secure, and then deal with that situation.
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Fvery time Anthony and I are supposed to fight, the lines come out, and it's like we're dead even. It's like people don't know what to make of a fight between Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson, when in reality, it should be very easy to know what to make of a fight between me and Anthony Johnson.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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I was a kid living in New Jersey, who – I'd wanted to make movies since I was a little kid, so that came before music for me. But I started playing drums just as a hobby, and I wasn't even really into jazz that much.
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When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn't seem like it's any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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I certainly never saw myself as posh.
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My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
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I am always looking for options that yield something unexpected.
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I think sometimes my controlling instincts came out of a fear of other people.
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MF Global used to be known as Man Financial, and it had a reasonably good reputation. It did a humdrum business placing commodities trades for fund managers as well as farmers, grain dealers and others whose livelihoods depend on the vagaries of commodity prices.
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The PC is successful because we're all benefiting from the competition with each other. If Twitter comes along, our games benefit. If Nvidia makes better graphics technology, all the games are going to shine. If we come out with a better game, people are going to buy more PCs.
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I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.
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I wear my Pen as others do their Sword.
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With the shrinking of the US economy, and it's shrinking very rapidly, you not only have more money, but you also have fewer goods. That's a classic double-whammy on inflation.
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The tea ceremony requires years of training and practice ... yet the whole of this art, as to its detail, signifies no more than the making and serving of a cup of tea. The supremely important matter is that the act be performed in the most perfect, most polite, most graceful, most charming manner possible.
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My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'
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A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the theory of reincarnation.
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The thing about documentary is that you don't really choose your subjects: they come and grab you out of your bed.
