Scott Derrickson Quotes

I think it's important for anyone who takes cinema seriously not to limit yourself to just optimistic or happy movies. I think that's a problem. You've got to be willing to let the art of cinema take you into some darker places if you're going to make full use of it.

Scott Derrickson

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Appropriation is the idea that ate the art world. Go to any Chelsea gallery or international biennial and you'll find it. It's there in paintings of photographs, photographs of advertising, sculpture with ready-made objects, videos using already-existing film.

Jerry Saltz

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When archaeologists discover the missing arms of Venus de Milo, they will find she was wearing boxing gloves.

John Barrymore

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Honor is but an empty bubble.

John Dryden

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Gollum is entirely based on the notion of addiction. The way that the ring pervades him, makes him craving, lustful, depletes him physically, psychologically and mentally.

Andy Serkis

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When I grew up in the South, I was taught that segregation was the will of God, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that women were by nature in inferior to men, and the Bible was quoted to prove it. I was taught that it was okay to hate other religions, and especially the Jews, and the Bible was quoted to prove it.

John Shelby Spong

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I deal with postpartum feelings by reaching out to mom friends. I became very close with some of the women in my prenatal yoga class.

Alyssa Milano

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Really, Donald Trump's entire message is that people like Sen. Blunt are the problem.

Jason Kander

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We can create opportunities to generate value by working across the entire breadth of Boeing.

Dennis Muilenburg

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The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Doug Larson

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The beauty of any conspiracy theory is that because it can't be proved, that just makes it more 'real.' It's not a question of believing or not believing, really; it's more a question of just accepting a series of probabilities that lead to an undeniable conclusion.

Dean Haglund

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Harlem has always been the nexus of music, politics, culture, criminal figures.

Cheo Hodari Coker

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I love the grandiosity, how sweepingly entertaining films can be. And I think there's a place for films that pry more into the human condition.

Colin Farrell

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