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OLIVER STONEWell first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can follow that. And then hopefully that character can integrate with the background of the social situation that people can recognize.
More Oliver Stone Quotes
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For some reason, television still bores me. Even the best shows.
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JFK was leading the world, leading the United States into a new position with the Soviet Union. He was calling for the end of the Cold War. He would have been reelected in 1964 because he was vastly popular.
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Each year, the The U.S. Army & its contractors SHOOT, STAB, MUTILATE, & KILL more than TEN THOUSAND live animals in cruel training exercises.
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I study history in order to give an interpretation.
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We have enormous challenges in front of us.
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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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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 might as well be myself. Everyone else is taken.
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I think everyone has the same question on their mind: Is the glass half-full or half-empty?
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I think our life is a series of adventures.
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Christianity did take a lot of Greek concepts.
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When you look at a movie, you look at a director’s thought process.
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People will go to clean theaters; they don’t like to go to dirty theaters.
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I went to Vietnam, and I was there for a long time. [Using marijuana] made the difference between staying human or, as Michael Douglas said, becoming a beast.
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The past assumes the nature of the present.
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