Paul Verhoeven Quotes

I had decided after 'Hollow Man' to stay away from science fiction. I felt I had done so much science fiction. Four of the six movies I made in Hollywood are science-fiction oriented, and even 'Basic Instinct' is kind of science fiction.

Paul Verhoeven

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: dutch
  • Birth: July 18, 1938

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What enables us to achieve our greatness contains the seeds of our destruction.

Jim Valvano

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I didn't make 'The New York Times' bestseller list until 'Charmed Thirds,' and then again for 'Fourth Comings.' It gave me a certain validation, and it certainly helps position me for future books, but it's not something I think about on a daily basis.

Megan McCafferty

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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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I haven't always been the guy that walks into a room and automatically the attention is on me. I'm normally the guy that stands off in the corner.

Josh Turner

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I have interviewed Hugo Chavez, Tim McVeigh, and hundreds of fascinating characters in South America, where I have lived for the past 15 years.

Jonathan Franklin

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My mom put me away at 7. I enjoyed it... Being in institutions, I got three meals a day, clothes.

DMX

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I'm living the American dream.

Dick Vitale

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Money's never an issue. I can go and work for a small studio theatre somewhere if it's a play I really care about, or do TV or a big commercial West End show.

Conleth Hill

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I believe there's life on other planets, but I don't believe that UFOs are saucers from another world.

Bruce Harwood

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Franchises and chains have come to dominate small communities, but those same chains have eliminated a lot of the greasy spoons, places you didn't want to eat in the first place.

William Least Heat-Moon

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Had I wanted, I could have set up my own company, secured funding, and made money. That proposition, however, does not excite me, since it would be a very self-centric goal.

Pranav Mistry

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I guess I was just always one of those guys who asked those fundamental questions: 'Who am I? What's this for? Why? What does this mean? Is this real?' All these pretty basic questions. I like making movies about people who are self-conscious in that way, and are trying to feel their way through the world.

Richard Linklater

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