Derek Cianfrance Quotes

Seeing 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' was an extraordinary experience because it made me realise that all the biblical stories and images I'd ignored as a child had sunk in by osmosis. I saw that my childhood was deeply rooted inside me.

Derek Cianfrance

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There are kids who get on a BMX bike when they're eight years old and they go, 'Whoa, this is incredible,' and grow up to do extreme sports. It's the same for me with acting.

Joaquin Phoenix

SportsBikeMeGrowActingGo

What's sort of interesting about the whole public relations disaster that is the Net, in some ways, is that the fundamentals are really good.

Meg Whitman

GoodTechnologyInterestingDisaster

My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it.

Slash

Rock And RollGuitarKnowRockLead

If I knew a story page by page before I started writing it, I just wouldn't do it. The process of discovery is really important for my own enjoyment.

Steve Toltz

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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

Tom Peters

PowerRelationshipsUnderstand

The reason I write romance is that I like happy endings. The idea, you know, 'It's not literature unless is ends badly,' and I really don't like that. There's enough misery and bad things happening in the world.

Ruth Glick

HappyWorldLiteratureEnoughYou

I would summarise my politics very simply as the maverick left and proud.

Mary Beard

PoliticsProudLeftWouldSimply

I guess the most important thing for us is that the kids work hard and they are grateful for the life they lead - that they know it doesn't come easy.

Louise Nurding

LifeWorkGratefulWork HardEasy

I made it this far eating fruit roll-ups and having soda pop and having fun. I feel like I tried changing that to do like everyone says I should, and I just feel better being me.

Donald Cerrone

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Above all, always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world. This is the most beautiful quality in a revolutionary.

Che Guevara

BeautifulQualityWorldInjustice

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that; it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

Ashley Madekwe

HatePeopleNeedAnythingCostGuy

An artist who goes around proclaiming that the art he's making is art is probably making a serious mistake. And that's one mistake I try not to make.

Peter Beard

ArtMistakeArtistSeriousTryWho

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