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I think there's a side of me that's trying to compete with Lucas and Spielberg. I don't usually admit this publicly, because I tend to think that they only go so far, and their view of the world is rather simplistic. What I want to do is take whatever cinema is considered normal or successful at a particular time and play around with it, to use it as a way of luring audiences in. ~Terry Gilliam
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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proverbiosAs proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours. ~Brendan Fraser
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It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season. ~Kim Clijsters
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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I have always felt that kids are really smart. ~Michelle Trachtenberg
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every young girl wants to be a princess. Then, when you find a real-life one, it's very easy to imagine yourself in that role. ~Lauren Willig
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