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Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.


Ralph Fiennes

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DON MCCULLIN I really want to do something in Europe. With a small movie, it can be an interesting challenge. But...
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FAMKE JANSSEN I don't like horror films. Horror films in the sense of the way horror films are now, like '...
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CATHERINE ASHTON I don't want to detach. I don't want to go live in a gated community.
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CHARLYNE YI Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's ...
GRETCHEN RUBIN I don't have to go to the weight room. I don't have to go work out if I don't want to.
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CLAY MATTHEWS III I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into ...
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OLIVIA HUSSEY I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little o...
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DANNY BOYLE I'm not a mean comic, I don't want to turn anybody off - I just want to give a point of view...
GARY OWENS I didn't really grow up a comic book fanatic.
ALAN RITCHSON I don't mind being a symbol but I don't want to become a monument. There are monuments all o...
TOMMY DOUGLAS If you are not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don't want to go there.
MARTIN LUTHER I don't have any sense or urgency about any of my writing, actually. I don't think mankind w...
LEONARD COHEN I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to b...
SARA GRUEN I have a number of friends that try to live off their writing, and there's way more pressure for...
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ART MALIK If I want to be the sexy Bipasha Basu, then I'll do a song here or a glam role there. But I want...
BIPASHA BASU I don't want to write formula. I don't want to crank these books out like sausages. Every bo...
SUE GRAFTON I don't want to be in Terminator. I don't want to go to Hollywood.
ERIC CANTONA I don't set out to offend or shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it.
SARAH SILVERMAN I don't want to sit around the house. I want to be out there. I want to go to practice. I want t...
PAT SUMMITT A lot of female comedians will go up there in a sweatshirt and Converses, trying to dress themselves...
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CHRISTOPHER GUEST I want to play the Green Lantern. I'd love to do a comic book hero. Go to the gym, get all buff,...
MATTHEW SETTLE I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley...
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ALAN ARKIN I don't watch much TV or films, but I've watched Cameron Diaz.
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EUGENE CERNAN Curiosity is the essence of human existence. 'Who are we? Where are we? Where do we come from? W...
GENE CERNAN I don't go around saturated in guilt or anything like that. I do worry about things quite a lot,...
LOUIS THEROUX I stole comic books from my brother when I was a kid, but I was never like an avid fan. I can't ...
ANNA KENDRICK Sometimes people try to read into my strip and find out what my state of mind is. And I can say if I...
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MESUT OZIL I don't want my faith level to go up or down. And so I don't fear.
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MARTIN FREEMAN I don't want to be rude, but I'm not that social. When I say, 'I never go out,' I me...
EMILY RIOS I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my fa...
JODIE FOSTER I don't care what people are saying about me, good or bad, in blogs or on Twitter or in the medi...
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EL DEBARGE They do think it is a big summer movie and that's why they want to give it a great chance, but t...
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JOSS WHEDON The comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it.
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ANTHONY HEAD I hope that I dress for my age. Because there's no need to be dowdy, is there? But I don't g...
MARY BERRY I don't want to be entertained. I don't want visuals or musicals. I don't want a vacatio...
ANNE GRAHAM LOTZ I have turned off Google Alerts and don't Google my name or my pen names. I don't go on mess...
J. A. KONRATH Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE I have shot four films for sure. On most days, I wish that there were 48 hours in a day. When a movi...
SHRADDHA KAPOOR I don't want to stop and build protectionism out there, but I certainly don't mind tough neg...
ASA HUTCHINSON I don't want to ever write a book that seems like it's pandering to younger people or talkin...
RANSOM RIGGS Most umpires are good about letting the argument go, but you can only go on for so long, or go so fa...
BOBBY COX It's really hard for me to sometimes put myself out there, like 'Hey, how do you feel about ...
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RALPH MERKLE We see an entire planet which has many limitations.
RALPH MERKLE If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most ...
RALPH MERKLE The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, an...
RALPH MERKLE Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditio...
RALPH MERKLE If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your hea...
RALPH MERKLE Many people in the world today are not starving because there is an inherent inability to produce fo...
RALPH MERKLE Manufacturing takes place in very large facilities. If you want to build a computer chip, you need a...
RALPH MERKLE Nanotechnology is an idea that most people simply didn't believe.
RALPH MERKLE Nanotechnology will let us build computers that are incredibly powerful. We'll have more power i...
RALPH MERKLE Dare to visualize a world in which your most treasured dreams have become true.
RALPH MARSTON If you so choose, every mistake can lead to greater understanding and effectiveness. If you so choos...
RALPH MARSTON There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them...
RALPH MARSTON Take your mind off the problems for a moment, and focus on the positive possibilities. Consider how ...
RALPH MARSTON The direction of your focus is the direction your life will move. Let yourself move toward what is g...
RALPH MARSTON Look up from what you're doing and look around for a minute. See what a beautiful world you'...
RALPH MARSTON Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to c...
RALPH MARSTON Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
RALPH MARSTON Live your days on the positive side of life, in tune with your most treasured values. And in each mo...
RALPH MARSTON Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet ...
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