Sam Taylor-Johnson Quotes
My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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I've got good speed off the edge.
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There are some who complain that there is not enough food grain. But I put the argument that at the moment we use 2000 census population figures and require 50-55 million tonnes for distribution.
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If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense.
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I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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I have what is probably the largest big bike collection in the city: a Fat Boy, a sportser Harley Davidson and two Yamahas. All these are 1200cc-plus bikes. Riding these bikes is something I still do and some trekking as well.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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I started out really making music in my dorm room, and it wasn't really producing or anything like that; it was you making something.
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My mom is not trying to live vicariously through me.
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Whenever I start to really think about what I'm playing, I may play it better musically, but the feeling isn't there.
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MWA and The Author's Guild refused to accept me as a member.
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There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don't have much relevance. We must all realise it is not worth it.
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I have got no problem with used games. I've bought plenty of used games.
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The idea of exploring character relations and their development over a decade has to be appealing for any actor who cherishes his craft.
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Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
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We need a spirit of victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a spirit which can recognize that we, as inheritors of a proud civilization, are entitled to our rightful place on this planet. If that indomitable spirit were to arise, nothing can hold us from achieving our rightful destiny.
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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.
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In our experience at Safeway, we're confident that we can actually improve the quality of health care while taking costs down and using the savings to help finance coverage of low-income people who are clearly going to need help to pay for insurance.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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Literature could be said to be a sort of disciplined technique for arousing certain emotions.
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I deal in emotions. It's the harmonic side that's important. That's the side I expected to be much further along on than I am now. That just means to say that I've got to keep at it.
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My favorite part of the whole filmmaking process is working with a fantastic cinematographer, a fantastic actor or actors, and then just creating emotions and stories. I get so excited by that. That's the part I'm utterly addicted to.
