Marc Veasey Quotes
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In rural parts of China, it's like stepping back into the era of my grandfather or great-grandfather - not much has changed.
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I like buying iTunes. It's instant.
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It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
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I think L.A. radio is learning from the Bay. The Bay is a very classic place. Mac Mall, C-Bo, all that stuff, they love their artists, they're old school up there. My first big concert was playing in the Bay; I played the Fillmore.
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I think we're a deeper team, a better team, we still have work to do... nothing is guaranteed, but hopefully we got the mentality to play on the road, and we're starting to get our home thing back in order now-if we can do that we'll be just fine.
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I like to leave a film open-ended, with a lingering feeling. I'll not do sequels of any of my films till I have subjects to explore.
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I do think that the audience thinks it's funny when you break, but if you do it all the time, it loses something.
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I follow my own head. And if I'm determined to do something, then I'll make sure that I make it happen.
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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If I'm not happy with what's going on, I try to change it myself.
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I have only recently got interested in film, and it is a strange way of working in many ways. But actually, when it is at its best, it's quite an extraordinary way of working between a director and an actor, to really explore an inner life.
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Sometimes, the supposedly weak groups turn out to be very difficult, and the supposedly strong ones are easier to take control of.
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What was the American Revolution? The people who joined to carry it out had different views of what they had done.
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The modern artist... is working and expressing an inner world - in other words - expressing the energy, the motion, and other inner forces.
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
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I like girls who want to get up and dance and don't mind singing in front of my family - you know, silly stuff. Some girls won't eat in front of boys or won't go bowling. They just want to go out and look pretty. I don't really get that. I want someone who is up for having a good time.
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Watch the one ahead of you, and you'll learn why he is ahead. Then emulate him.
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It's a tricky time because people are going after the wrong people, too. There's a misplaced rage and aggression, that as a person in a public position you almost feel like you have to be perfect now when you express yourself. It feels almost unfortunate.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or job, then, is one that offers an expected stream of future benefit that has a value in excess of the option to continue to search for an even better alternative.
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We live in a zoo, and we get to share all our animals with the people who come in. We really put our animals first, and then the staff, and then the visitors. The animals aren't pacing; they're all happy. When you touch an animal, it ultimately touches you.
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Voting rights matter. They are a major part of who we are as Americans.
