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.
OLIVER STONETelevision has usurped everybody from film. And so have commercials, by the way.
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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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It’s interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that’s when many people embraced liberalism.
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Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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Anybody who’s been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they’ve thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn’t that major.
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I’ve changed my style constantly, so I’m not sure I have one defined style, except perhaps style of subject matter.
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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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We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over.
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I think our life is a series of adventures.
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Well, George W.Bush wanted to privatize Social Security. It’s an ideological thing.
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Each actor requires a different language.
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As a dramatist, I don’t have politics.
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Horses are very difficult to shoot.
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We all know what we know. We experience with our minds and breath.
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The Greek playwrights, we’re all beholden to them, every one of us.
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You can never judge how the film will be taken; you can only make your best effort, and put out what you feel. How it’s read, you never can tell. Or remembered for that matter.
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