Gus Van Sant Quotes

I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or not approving what they're doing.

Gus Van Sant

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You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

Andre Agassi

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I'm a passionate individual, and sometimes when I have strong feelings about a subject, I feel the need to express myself.

Megan Fox

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To investors, job creation is a second-order effect. Market participants care first about interest rates, exchange rates, bond prices and the one great factor that affects all three: the long-term solvency of a bond company called the U.S. government.

Amity Shlaes

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All I care about is the story and telling the story. I don't care how people ingest it.

Steven Soderbergh

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If you aren't just brought up in your tribe but interact with other people either directly or vicariously, through journalism and literature, you see what life is like from other points of view and are less likely to demonize them or dehumanize others and more likely to empathize with them.

Steven Pinker

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As the crisis in Syria grows and the humanitarian tragedy becomes more clear, I appreciated Prime Minister Netanyahu's perspective on the changes and volatility in the region.

Rob Portman

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I want to play Champions League every year; I want to be at a big club and win trophies. That's my target.

Riyad Mahrez

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What I've become convinced makes a writer are the days you hate it, the days you'd rather stick those pencils in your eyes. Sometimes I almost punish myself - if I'm not going be able to write, I'm not going be able to do anything else. I just sit there and wait.

Ron Rash

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Promoters don't book you 'cause they like you; they do it 'cause there's good business to be done.

Ry Cooder

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We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important to the public to address it in such a back-door manner. We should be having a full, open discussion of the issue during an energy debate.

Russ Feingold

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People actually tell me that I'm living my dream. And I'm like, 'It's a little more nuanced than that.'

Lucy Dacus

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I've always liked Atlanta. And not just for the strip clubs, but the shopping and the food.

Jon Stewart

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