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I don't want to deal with big, grand themes in my stories; art has nothing to do with themes. When you deal with themes, you are not creating; you are lecturing.
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We did a lot of those road trips, all the mandatory stuff that you should when you're a kid, like Mount Rushmore and the Grand Canyon and the Sequoias and the western coast.
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What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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If any among you covet riches, let him endeavour to overcome, for the victorious not only preserve their own possessions but acquire those of the enemy.
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I think about terrorism in terms of popcorn. You can't tell which kernels are popcorn and which are not, but you assume you'll always have some kernels that are going to pop.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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Failure seldom stops you. What stops you is the fear of failure.
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I mean, like, I can go in a room and say, look, 'Watchmen' should be at least 15 minutes longer than 'Batman.' I mean, that's, like, any geek will tell you that.
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The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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Word of mouth is the most valuable form of marketing, but you can't buy it. You can only deliver it. And you have to really deliver.
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I don't like to pretend I was guided in any way by the supernatural world, but the more you talk about that, the easier it is to dismiss those notions.
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The best therapy is actually the more aggressive kind when they break you open; they unleash you.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'
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You are who you are at this moment because of everything that's ever happened to you, everything that you carried forward for yourself.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
