Martin Jacques Quotes

The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion that we enjoy intimate knowledge of other places, when we barely scratch their surface. For the vast majority, the knowledge of Thailand or Sri Lanka acquired through tourism consists of little more than the whereabouts of the beach.

Martin Jacques

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KnowledgeBeachWorldEnjoyIllusion

Acting is real important to me. I love it, and it's something I care about.

Joaquin Phoenix

LoveMeCareActingImportantReal

I have an issue with the commercial aspect of moviemaking: I don't see why a movie can't make a lot of money and also be good.

Joel Edgerton

GoodMoneyWhySeeCommercialMovie

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

InspirationalDaySeedsPlantJudge

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

Matthew Simpson

TruthConflictWrongHumanRight

A lot of people thought Steve Jobs was a CEO of Apple but he never was until he came back to Apple in 1997.

Andy Hertzfeld

PeopleThoughtBackAppleNeverCEO

But the privileges that one has enjoyed and exploited can sometimes turn against you: nobody thinks of you as a director, you are always an actress.

Sophie Marceau

YouNobodySometimesDirectorTurn

I play a lot of, maybe a little bit, cartoonish people. I've been a Bond villain, and I play a lot of villains, people who want to take over something.

Christopher Walken

PeopleVillainBondPlayWantOver

My first pictures are from 1972, and my first proper camera dates back to 1973. During the first year I used my father's camera. It had a flash on it, which I don't like, but I didn't know anything about photography back then, so it was just what I did.

Anton Corbijn

FatherCameraPhotographyYearBack

I was born in St. Lucia on January 23, 1915. My parents, who were both school teachers, had immigrated there from Antigua about a dozen years before.

Arthur Lewis

JanuarySchoolParentsBornTeachers

We don't want to be part of some Tidal 'streaming revolution,' nor do we want to be Taylor Swift and be anti-it.

Winston Marshall

RevolutionWantStreamingSomePart

I believe that if you work hard at a relationship, devoting time and energy to it, being willing to grow and experiment, and never take it for granted, that you can continue to feel the initial attraction and excitement indefinitely.

Sylvia Day

WorkRelationshipTimeWork HardYou

In Mumbai, it's almost like Hollywood. They can appeal to different segments and still be successful. There are multiplex audiences to whom you can showcase any lifestyle. But in Tamil cinema, we need to satisfy everybody, whether urban or rural.

Suriya

YouCinemaLifestyleHollywoodNeed

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