Walter Salles Quotes
My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I think my sweet spot is to make personal films on not-too-big budgets and also make other people's films, bringing productions to Iceland, upping the business here.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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I don't feel closeted.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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It's hard for people sometimes to relate to me. They weren't in the military, they weren't injured overseas in Iraq, they weren't burned, they didn't go through 33 surgeries, or two and a half years in the hospital.
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I'm very involved in the writing on every level.
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I don't think people cry reading 'Midnight's Children,' but a lot of people seem to cry watching the movie.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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Many will view the compromises that will be made during your negotiations as painful concessions. But why not view them as peace offerings, ones that will provide in return the priceless gifts of hope, security and freedom for our children and our children's?
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I learned how to dance. I got a free spray tan. My life is good!
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The only way to become authentically powerful is to create authentic power. You cannot wish, want, or command authentic power into your life, although you can try.
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I'm not a religious person; I'm more of a spiritual person, so I follow the rules of the Bible that coordinate with and connect with the Hebrew culture.
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There's a view in this country that everybody's going through what they're going through for the first time.
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My father was a diplomat for part of his life and I jumped from country to country and culture to culture.
