- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Pain was something we were expected to endure. But I doubt very much if you would be entirely happy today if a doctor threw a towel in your face and jumped on you with a knife.
- Dad
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad... was in the military, a drill sergeant, when he was a preacher. You know how some Christians really get into church and become very radical? Imagine him as a radical and a drill sergeant. It was intense.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oh, I ain't vegan, I'm good. I eat. I eat everything. Except pork, you know, I try to stay away. I like me some bacon, though!
- Mouth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Come on, we're teenagers. Everything that comes out of our mouth is something that's off. You never say something that's perfect.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that, as a filmmaker, you're always making the same film, regardless of how many different stories you tell. This is the case for me, whether I'm making documentaries or fiction films.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time you are getting ready to make a shot in a documentary film, you are asking yourself questions about your cinematographic approach. You are approaching the truth, but the image is never the truth itself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the Khmer Rouge reached Phnom Penh, the first thing they did was to evacuate the population. Then they took over. The point of a revolution is to bring justice to the people, so even if you don't have proof of sabotage, you manufacture it.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, form is not something that you can plan beforehand, especially for a documentary. You can't write it or sketch it. It requires a confrontation with reality, with history, with ethics and morals. After identifying good content, you have to find the right form to express that content.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you have quality and show it, there's no problem.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you go through a moment, and you are down and losing your head, it gives you a lot of experience.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
The camera or the microphone in the booth is merciless. If you don't believe what you're saying, it hears it. If you don't believe it, it sees it in your eyes, it hears it in your voice that there isn't the conviction there.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bandwagons roll through our lives. It's up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.
- East Asian
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- Nov 07, 2020