Joe Elliott Quotes
They called us 'bludgeon riffola' - it was a complete slag off. So just to show that we didn't really care we picked up on the phrase and used it for the record label.
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Twenty years ago my parents wouldn't know who the X-Men were, and now everybody knows that stuff. It means that deconstruction of the superhero is something you can do. All those movies have led to a point where we can finally have 'Watchmen' with a Superman character who doesn't want to save the world and a Batman who has trouble in bed.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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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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My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.
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I learned that despite having years and years of experience in math and computer science and so on, I didn't really know how to code until I formed a company.
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Facebook can be an accumulation of different intelligences.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.
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Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.
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I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about cats and romances where somebody has died.
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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
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My husband wrote the story for my first book, but then he didn't want to do that anymore. So if I was going to go on being an illustrator, I had to start writing the stories, too.
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I sometimes think if I had gone to Oxford or Cambridge and looked like a handsome young guy who could be in an Evelyn Waugh novel or something, I'd be a massive movie star. But there's a longevity to what I do. It's more reliable. Someone isn't deciding that I'm the next big thing.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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When you are writing a book, it feels as if you are simply concentrating on the world of the book and that whatever is happening in your personal life is outside the room, as it were. But maybe that's just the way you have to talk to yourself to make it possible.
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My best friend is my husband.
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The first thing that is not obvious to people is global warming is a less-than-1% effect. It's like being shortchanged at the bank by a penny every dollar. Over a long period of time with lots of transactions, that piles up.
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Govern your tongue before all other things, following the gods.
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The gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly.
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
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One day about 10 years ago the door to my office opened and who walked in but Bill Gates.... Seemed like a nice guy and has done more with his money than most billionaires. But that's as far as I want to go being kind to Bill Gates.
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They called us 'bludgeon riffola' - it was a complete slag off. So just to show that we didn't really care we picked up on the phrase and used it for the record label.
