Bennett Miller Quotes
I'm interested in telling stories that add up to more than the entertainment of the story. That's what does it for me.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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My father was raised in the mountains of New Mexico, and he picked cotton for a dollar a day. He was working for the family from the time he was 7.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
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I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.
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Sure I'm leaving the Bee Gees. I'm going into films.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I'll always find the things that make a role complicated!
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Nobody ever accused me of pulling any weapon on them. I would never, ever pull a weapon on anybody.
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I think pink is one of the saddest colors in the world, and many American humans are taught not to take anything pink seriously, which is weird.
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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Many ribosomes act simultaneously along the mRNA, forming superstructures called polysomes.
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Jesse McCartney is one of the nicest people around. I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he's a good guy and really humble.
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I prefer to sing in the shower vs. the car. The shower is just steam, you know, its just you, and nature, and no clothing. You know, there's nothing separating you. It's just you, and the voice - you, and the water.
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I think that the decision to nominate the story for a Pulitzer is of minimal consequence. I also think that it won is of little consequence. It is a brilliant story — fake and fraud that it is.
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Certainly in the arts, in all genres, I think that men should step away. I think men should stop writing books. I think men should stop making movies or television. Say, for 50 to 100 years.
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Riding a bicycle is the summit of human endeavour - an almost neutral environmental effect coupled with the ability to travel substantial distances without disturbing anybody. The bike is the perfect marriage of technology and human energy.
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I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it in a foreign country as it's playing in the U.S.
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I'm interested in telling stories that add up to more than the entertainment of the story. That's what does it for me.
