Barry Jenkins Quotes

I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5 million, but it's just by necessity that it ends up being that way.

Barry Jenkins

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SmallBudgetChooseMoviesWayUp

I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.

Andrew Sean Greer

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When I was 23 and about to go to law school, I thought I'd spend the summer writing a novel.

John Casey

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I've always liked to keep trim, and fortunately, I don't put on weight easily.

Jean-Paul Belmondo

AlwaysKeepWeightTrimLikedPut

A teenager has to decide what they're going to do with their life, and that's one of the most important decisions that you'll make.

Amy Heckerling

LifeDecisionsYouImportantDecide

Men are going to go out on the road and they're going to find other women. So if you really want to save yourself a whole lot of heartache, do not fall in love with somebody in a band. Just don't.

Stevie Nicks

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Trump manipulates the fearful by promising that he will use his fraudulent deal-making prowess to protect and take care of his supporters.

Tom Steyer

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We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

Rose Namajunas

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I learned loudness from working with Lou Reed.

Robert Wilson

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Whether we are poor among the poorest, or less poor among the wealthier, let us stand proud and noteworthy, united and strong, comforted by our belonging to the Community of the Free Nations of our Planet.

Mathieu Kerekou

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All the food we eat - every grain of rice and kernel of corn - has been genetically modified. None of it was here before mankind learned to cultivate crops. The question isn't whether our food has been modified, but how.

Michael Specter

FoodQuestionEatCornRiceHere

It's refreshing, if you ask me, to have lengthy conversations with clear, brilliant minds about books, art, and what ought to happen next and how. I love it.

Josh Malerman

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Growing up, Paul Newman seemed like the ultimate manly actor. And then, I got to work with him and we became friends, so that was nice.

Dermot Mulroney

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