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"I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next."
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"Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues."
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"Cussing like a commoner wasn't something I was tested on. I picked that habit up outside of high school."
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"It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it is happening. If you are literally jumping for joy, for instance, it means you are leaping in the air because you are very happy. If you are figuratively jumping for joy, it means you are so happy that you could jump for joy, but are saving your energy for other matters."
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"Words are not static.Language shape our memories, and it is also shaped by our memories."
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"Know that diamonds and roses are as uncomfortable when they tumble from one's lips as toads and frogs: colder, too, and sharper, and they cut."
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"Although profanity is part of our language that we speak everyday, it can simultaneity be used as a weapon to demoralize other people if it is offensive within its meaning."
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"Language is memory and metaphor."
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"English is not merely a language anymore, it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world."
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"Words rich in meaning can be cheap in sound effects."
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"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little."
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"Sergio Leone was a big influence on me because of the spaghetti westerns."
Influence
"I'm a historian in my own mind."
Mind
"My mom took me to see Carnal Knowledge and The Wild Bunch and all these kind of movies when I was a kid."
Family
"I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie."
Character
"It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back."
Faith
"The good ideas will survive."
Creativity
"A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here."
Truth
"I don't think Pulp Fiction is hard to watch at all."
Fiction
"I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next."
Language
"Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest."
Interest
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