Ned Tanen Quotes
There's nothing like a hit movie to make you think you're one of the chosen people. It's amazing how smart we are the morning after a hit opens.
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Nothing is over and done with. Nothing. Not even your malice.
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I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.
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I hate the domestic life.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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I've found that you don't need to wear a necktie if you can hit.
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I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.
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We are filmmakers, and we are specifically trying to entertain people.
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Nuclear disarmament is one of the greatest legacies we can pass on to future generations.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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All my music is inspirational. You just gotta listen to the words and get what you can get out of it.
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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People who worry about their hair all the time, frankly, are boring.
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My first time coming over to North America was to New York around Christmastime when I was 7. My mom was a flight attendant, and she got put on to the Trans-Atlantic route over Christmastime, so she brought the whole family.
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There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.
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I'm astonished by my success. I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.
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There are many drugs that have many serious side effects and that are harmful to people. Marijuana is no different than that. And especially we should try to discourage young people from using marijuana.
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I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are not trained to punch or kick, but you can walk or run or dance, which is also part of expression.
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Koverman is one of my favorite Hollywood characters because she was the brains of MGM, and not many people know about her.
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Idleness is a constant sin, and labor is a duty. Idleness is the devil's home for temptation and for unprofitable, distracting musings; while labor profit others and ourselves
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There's nothing like a hit movie to make you think you're one of the chosen people. It's amazing how smart we are the morning after a hit opens.
