Edgar Wright Quotes
When we made 'Shaun of the Dead,' it was our first feature, and we were just lucky to make a film, full stop.
Quotes to Explore
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Freedom is never granted; it is won.
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I'm at a point where there isn't any wasted movement in the throwing motion. Everything is consistent and smooth. When I first got into the league, I held the ball really high. That was the standard in college, and it messed up my timing a little bit - the draw, bringing it back, then the release.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
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When I'm in the car, I want the only one shouting to be me.
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Throughout my life, I have valued relationships far more than the professionalism.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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Long after the bomb falls and you and your good deeds are gone, cockroaches will still be here, prowling the streets like armored cars.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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I'm kind of long in the tooth to fly in in a cape now, so I'd have to be, like, the voice of reason or somebody. 'Don't do that, super-fellow!'
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But although all our knowledge begins with experience, it does not follow that it arises from experience.
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Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married.
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I've always thought the back is one of the most beautiful parts of a woman. I've created four versions of the front-to-back necklace which actually gives you two necklaces in one. I love the way they swing and catch the light as a woman is walking away. You almost want to pull on it and stop her!
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I'm Muslim the way many of my Jewish friends are Jewish: I avoid pork, and I take the big holidays off.
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Bullying has been around forever, and so it became one of these issues that as an adult we look back on and say, 'Yeah, it's just one of those unfortunate parts of growing up.' You know you're not going to stop it, so it just became easier to call it one of those things that 'just happens.'
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The Tax Division is committed to prosecuting accountants who assist their clients in fraudulent tax schemes.
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When we made 'Shaun of the Dead,' it was our first feature, and we were just lucky to make a film, full stop.
