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“It was difficult knowing one of your cousins had lost his life.”
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“Frame in terms of what you want to have in the picture, not about making a nice picture, that anybody can do.”
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“Football doesn't build character, it reveals character.”
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“When you cut that eggplant up and you roast it in the oven and you make the tomato sauce and you put it on top, your soul is in that food, and there's something about that that can never be made by a company that has three million employees.”
Source : "Making a Meal with Mario Batali". Interview with Debbie Elliott, www.npr.org. October 15, 2005. 
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“What would happen if the moon were not there? Then our tilt could swing wildly over a large range, resulting in major temperature swings. If our tilt were more like ninety degrees, the north pole would be exposed to the sun for six months, while the south pole would be in darkness, then vice-versa. Instead, it varies by only about one and a half degrees - just a tiny variation, because the gravity from the moon's orbit keeps it stabilized.”
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“There were a couple of years where I got a bit lost - I went out too much, I was a bit heartbroken, thought I was a bit more of a dude than I really was. I would love to go back and have a strong word with myself.”
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“My main trick is to work with amazing people. It's a long and twisty journey, and you need people that really are amazing and have this rare gift of honesty and courage and really open up.”
Source : "‘Crash Reel’ Documentarian Lucy Walker Knows Where She’s Going". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. November 11, 2013.
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“I just try things and whether people like it or if I find it successful or not, I just do it.”
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“I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.”
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“I've sort of prided myself on playing characters with conscience. The first way I go about creating a character is looking at that area of conscience. What have they done, and what has it cost.”
