Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes
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The main objective of our cinema is to entertain. If you can pass on a message at the same time, that is fantastic, but if the audience does not feel they are going to be entertained by the film, they are not going to watch it. There are many examples of very responsible and great films that are being made, but nobody goes to watch them.
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I never thought I would be standing here, married to an All-American guy, living in Oklahoma. What a country.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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Hip-hop is a vehicle.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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We are all different human beings, and we all have different backgrounds, and we stem from different social strata. That is what defines how you hear people talk, how you want to quote them when you speak. We all have different fears and doubts and complexes and this is what shapes the way we see other people. Especially characters.
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I live with my mum and my nan. I think I will leave eventually, but not at the moment when they look after me so well. If you came to my house, they'd make you eat something.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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It always starts with a script. I like to have plenty of time to read something, and I always like to read a paper copy. I hate reading it on email. I sit down with a script, and want to see how it hits me. It's an instinctive process.
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Sexual dreams aren't usually about sex.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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The challenge with being an initiator of projects is that you are never, ever done.
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The one thing I have always felt about musical theatre is that it is, to an extraordinary degree, about construction.
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There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage.
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In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at a stroke that hydrogen is indeed explosively combustible and that eyebrows are not necessarily a permanent feature of one's face.
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Finding the medium that excites your imagination, that you love to play with and work in, is an important step to freeing your creative energies.
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I'm motivated every second by my work; it doesn't switch off.
