Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes

My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.

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• Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

  

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• I've always wanted to work with Warren Beatty.

  

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• If a senator calls me up and asks me what should we do in Iraq, I'm happy to talk to him.

  

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• Running back was always my favorite position.

  

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• Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.

  

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• Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

  

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• My parents actually ran drag clubs in Australia, which is how I grew up. It was normal for me. It was my normal. I knew the other kids didn't do it, but for me, it was life, and nothing was wrong with it. I would see nothing wrong with Beyonce having a drag queen nanny. And why not? Everyone needs one! And a great gay man in their life.

  

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• I could do a franchise for the end of everything. 'The End of Dogs,' 'The End of Cats.'

  

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• I was good at math and science, and I got lots of degrees in lots of things, but in a parallel universe, I probably became a chef.

  

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• I definitely have the screenwriting itch.

  

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• Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

  

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• My fans don't feel like I hold anything back from them. They know whatever I'm going through now, they'll hear about it on a record someday. They'll hear the real story. There's a little bit of lag time. It's not as instant as going on a gossip blog. But it's much more accurate.

  

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• Power leads to more power, no matter what your racket, and not only were they rich and influential but they were smart as hell, too.

  

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• My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
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  • Parents
  • Mom