Antony Beevor Quotes
Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.
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People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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I actually think the same things do make most people happy. The differences are extremely small, and around the margins. You like peach ice cream; I like strawberry ice cream. Both of us like ice cream much better than a smack on the head with two-by-four.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
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He who obtains has little. He who scatters has much.
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It's the sum of the parts that make up the whole, so in my opinion excellence comes from how one undertakes to do something. It all begins with the thought process - which is creative and exalted to produce something out of the ordinary.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, for the sick and for those who had died. It was a natural part of our lives.
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Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct a movie is when I feel close to my culture.
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Democritus says, "But we know nothing really; for truth lies deep down".
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I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.
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Historical truth and the marketing needs of the movie and television industry remain fundamentally incompatible.
