Doug Liman Quotes

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

Doug Liman

Recitation: by Male by Female

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Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.

Amity Shlaes

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The way I play, I go through a set in a year. So I put '58 Gibson Jumbo Bass frets on all my necks.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

Rowan Williams

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I am not joining politics. I don't intend to contest election. I am happy to be back to doing normal things, be it films or other work.

Juhi Chawla

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On A Beautiful Mind, there was a wall of math.

Josh Lucas

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Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments.

Chris Kilham

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Lawrence of Arabia is the ultimate movie, deeply cinematic.

Christine Baranski

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The 'Muppets' were a very big part of my childhood, and 'Flight of the Conchords' definitely has elements of the 'Muppets' in it, specifically the way we mixed music and comedy.

Bret McKenzie

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I have always wanted to do something high octane. I've wanted to tackle an action role where I play a tomboy but empower myself as a woman.

Annie Ilonzeh

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I come from a working-class family. They're the people I know and the people I love, I guess. I do not write about them for political reasons, but because, as I see it, most interesting things - social, political, emotional - take place there. It's a bottomless well for an author like me.

Per Petterson

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The road to success has to have obstacles because, at the end of the day, when success comes, it will be that much better.

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

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Sure, I've often been misrepresented - anyone frequently quoted has this experience.

Todd Gitlin

ExperienceSureBeenOftenAnyone

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