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Brian De Palma

"I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story."

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"I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story."

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Amber Hurdle

"You are mistaken, he is not a gentleman but a sir. Just a sir. For a gentleman is grander and a rare acquaintance."

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Amber Hurdle

"I do not think I have ever seen a nastier-looking man... Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist. [on Brit poet Percy Wyndham Lewis]"

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Amber Hurdle

"I know that I sound like the joker, but the joker is a great character."

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Amber Hurdle

"The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear."

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Amber Hurdle

"I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!"

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Amber Hurdle

"Altogether he was one in whom no man would have seen anything to admire, and in whom no woman would have seen anything to dislike."

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Amber Hurdle

"When people undermine your values, they've strong reasons. For example, they mistaken your passion for excellence as perfectionism..."

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Amber Hurdle

"Integrity is more than truth and honesty; integrity is an unshackled mind, a happy heart, and a light spirit. Integrity is inner peace with a clear, clean conscience. Integrity is self-respect, honor, and credibility. Integrity is healthy and unfettering, and it is worth defending."

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Amber Hurdle

"Because I'm selfish. I'm a coward. I'm the kind of girl who, when she might actually be of use, would run to stay alive and leave those who couldn't follow to suffer and die."

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Amber Hurdle

"The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of his own shortcomings; second, a perfect liberalism, not the sort he read about in the newspapers, but the sort he had in his blood, which made him treat all people, whatever their rank or status, in a perfectly equal and identical way; and, third - most important - a perfect indifference to the business he was occupied with, owing to which he never got carried away and never made mistakes."

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Brian De Palma
"Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening."

Time

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Brian De Palma
"That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating. You know, the guilty girl being pursued, falling, all kinds of stuff that we see in our dreams all the time."

Dream

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Brian De Palma
"However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years."

School

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Brian De Palma
"I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features."

Nation

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Brian De Palma
"I guess what's most surprised me in most of the reviews is that they don't seem to get the noir story in the dream sequence, so they analyze it like a straight noir movie."

Dream

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Brian De Palma
"The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting."

Friendship

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Brian De Palma
"I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story."

Character

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Brian De Palma
"Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films."

Career

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Brian De Palma
"You know, when people want to get any information, research information, it will all exist on these Web sites."

People

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Brian De Palma
"It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow."

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