Kevin Macdonald Quotes
Although 'The Anderson Platoon' was what we would now call an 'embedded film' - with all the ambiguities that term implies - somehow Schoendoerffer got away with showing things as they really were from a grunt's perspective.Kevin Macdonald
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Magneto wants to cope with the difficulties thrust upon him by society and by his own nature.
Ian Mckellen -
The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
Harold Coffin -
It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
Zeljko Ivanek -
I needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together.
Pat Travers -
Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
Washed Out -
For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
Ferdinand Marcos
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I see Turkey's future as being in Europe, as one of many prosperous, tolerant, democratic countries.
Orhan Pamuk -
My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
Maggie Q -
I think Twitter is best when it sparks conversations elsewhere. To use YouTube and Facebook and all the tools we have available to us today to respond and also promote and answer and engage is awesome.
Jack Dorsey -
We must draw on the unique strengths of the Japanese economy, seek an open and cooperative approach with our international partners, and intelligently exploit the promise of new growth areas.
Yoshihiko Noda -
Love is a state of being.
Eckhart Tolle -
I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
Sam Raimi
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
Barry Jenkins -
I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
Dani Shapiro -
I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
Kareena Kapoor Khan -
There is so much life underneath the water that we don't know about.
Cameron Bright -
In 2011, General Alston, four-star commander in Iraq, recommended to the President, a force level of over 20,000. The President rejected it and pulled out all the forces with what is now known as a disastrous consequence in Syria.
Jack Keane -
Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
Victor Kiam
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The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips.
J. Paul Getty -
I think only the movies you do remember are the films you had an emotional connection to.
Jeff Nichols -
I love what I do, so I don't mind working.
Amos Lee -
Some very silly songs can have an almost melancholy feeling when you put it in a different perspective.
Jens Lekman -
Although 'The Anderson Platoon' was what we would now call an 'embedded film' - with all the ambiguities that term implies - somehow Schoendoerffer got away with showing things as they really were from a grunt's perspective.
Kevin Macdonald