Mark Boal Quotes

One big, glaring difference I can think of between Iraq and Vietnam is the news coverage. During the Vietnam War era, you had TV coverage of the war saturating the airwaves every night, and that coverage wasn't put through a military filter at all.

Mark Boal

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We can never afford to be complacent; there is no such thing as security when it comes to human rights.

Andrew Solomon

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The important thing is not to know where you are going, to be open to accidents. That's what keeps it fun.

Robert Lepage

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There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Amelia Earhart

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When I was saying, 'White people go to hell,' I never had trouble finding a publisher. But when I say, 'Black and white unite and fight, destroy capitalism,' then you suddenly become unreasonable.

Amiri Baraka

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I've made some stupid decisions, so I have to be careful. I once said 'no' to a film that was a number-one hit. And 'Date Movie' had the smallest budget of any movie I'd been in, and it went to the top of the box office.

Sophie Monk

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Yes, it was difficult - making 'The Act of Killing' in particular was a very lonely process. No one really believed in it until very close to the end. But it was also a sanctuary. I was working in obscurity.

Joshua Oppenheimer

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I've lived so much life as a young man. New Orleans, we got terms, and one's like, 'He jumped off the porch early.' That's kind of what happened to me. I had to grow up really quick.

Jason Mitchell

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There are those who have a knowledge and passion for the theatre, and those who don't.

Diana Rigg

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I was just so sick. I thought that orange juice was going to make me fat.

Demi Lovato

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Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work.

Brian Lumley

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I studied graphic design originally. I used to like drawing, and I was quite into technical drawing. I was always interested in the visual medium, but I thought I was going to be an architect or something like that, but it's quite a lonely job.

Asif Kapadia

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What I've learnt is never to work with the person you are in a relationship with because sometimes you need a break.

Preity Zinta

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