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Quote by Philip Pullman

“I'm perfectly happy about being superstitious and atheistic.”

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Philip Pullman is a British film writer known for his adaptations of literary works. Born in October 1946, he is a prolific writer who has adapted several renowned novels into film scripts. more

“Between the postwar fifties - domesticity, people happy to be alive after the Second World War, wanting to build a home, make a family, make a nest. Women were pushed back into the home after having been active in the Second World War. It was a big Doris Day moment for women, which didn't suit all women.”

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Author:Sally Potter

“Also something that you don't have to listen to from beginning to end - you can enter at any point and leave at any point.”

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Author:Brian Eno

“The seven white notes on the piano - each section of the piece (there are 12 sections) is five of those seven white notes. If you calculate it, there are 21 groups of five notes in any group of seven notes. And although there are 12 sections, this piece actually uses nine of those groups because some of the sections repeat earlier ones. So that's the formula. It's very simple as a way of generating something. It's my inner minimalist.”

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Author:Brian Eno

“The tagline behind "House of Lies" is funny, dirty, business. The show is a comedy satire about how big business operates. Most Americans that work in corporate America should be able to relate to this show.”

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Author:Larenz Tate

“When you build a building, you finish a building. You don't finish a garden; you start it, and then it carries on with its life. So my analogy was really to say that we composers or some of us should think of ourselves as people who start processes rather than finish them. And there might be surprises.”

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Author:Brian Eno

“I always just wait for the right material to come to me. Many times people ask, "What have you been up To?" Well, I'm here and working. Just not in front of the camera as much as I'd like to be.”

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Author:Larenz Tate

“As an actor, you always want to find a piece of who you are in every role you take on.”

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Author:Larenz Tate

“I'm a small government conservative.”

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Author:Tucker Carlson

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