Xavier Dolan Quotes
I have struggles in screenwriting that lead me to a third act that's always more or less efficiently wrapped up in a fourth act that's trying to give closure to too many things.
Quotes to Explore
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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I don't avoid anything. In my songs I just choose to talk about certain things, and so yeah, there are some aspects of my character and personality that don't come out.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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'Sixth Street' is probably a new chapter for me. All of the songs were written in my apartment where I'm most comfortable, and at that point, I understood who I was and knew what I was feeling about life.
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Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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If you stop one terror attack in the U.S., it may be connected to multiple other plots out there that are connected. If you reveal that you stopped one plot, it may tip our hand.
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There's nothing I would love more than to host an awards show where I'm nominated for an award - that is so funny to me.
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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.
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I love improvising.
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
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I would like my readers to close the cover at the end and say, 'Wow, I never thought of it like that before'.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me.
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There is no doubt in my mind who is number one - I have always been number one.
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I have struggles in screenwriting that lead me to a third act that's always more or less efficiently wrapped up in a fourth act that's trying to give closure to too many things.
