I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they had power.
OLIVER STONEWe all know what we know. We experience with our minds and breath.
More Oliver Stone Quotes
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When I’m working with another writer, I tend to make a lot of effort. When I collaborate with a writer, I’m not interested in credit, but I’m feeding him stuff all the time that I feel is important to shaping the script.
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I don’t want to make a half-assed film. It’s not my area of expertise.
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I’m going to hold onto my Blu-ray collection because I really think it’s hardware and it’s important. I don’t want to live in a cloud, all my life.
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Bin Laden was completely protected by the oil companies in this country who told [President] Bush not to go after him because it would piss off the Saudis.
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I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I’m a dramatist, a dramatic historian, or one who does a dramatic interpretation of history.
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I’m a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.
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I will come out with my interpretation. If I’m wrong, fine. It will become part of the debris of history, part of the give and take.
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Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts.
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The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.
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The Greek playwrights, we’re all beholden to them, every one of us.
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We have enormous challenges in front of us.
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Well, George W.Bush wanted to privatize Social Security. It’s an ideological thing.
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I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.
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What needs to happen is more of a global understanding, and I believe the United States can work as a global partner and not be the hegemon.
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I make my films like you’re going to die if you miss the next minute. You better not go get popcorn.
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