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Film-makers are always going to be interested in making movies that plug into society around them. That's what a vibrant, artistically alert community should be doing. After all, it would be sad if we only made films about alien robots. ↗

— Mark Boal

#after #alert #alien #always #around

No one's played on the moon yet. No one's played in zero gravity. Some bands have played at the Pyramids of Giza, but we'd very much like to do that in the near future. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#future #gravity #like #moon #much

I actually think every war movie is an antiwar movie in its own way - with the exception of some of the propaganda movies. ↗

— Mark Boal

#antiwar #every #exception #i #movie

I had no idea what it would be like to be a bomb tech in Baghdad until I got there so I didn't know what to expect. It was very eye-opening. ↗

— Mark Boal

#bomb #expect #got #had #i

I've always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it's Norman Mailer, or 'The Short Timers,' or 'In Cold Blood.' I'm a fan of that genre. ↗

— Mark Boal

#been #blend #blood #books #cold

One big, glaring difference I can think of between Iraq and Vietnam is the news coverage. During the Vietnam War era, you had TV coverage of the war saturating the airwaves every night, and that coverage wasn't put through a military filter at all. ↗

— Mark Boal

#between #big #coverage #difference #during

The fact is that war films, by their very nature, are pitched at a high dramatic range. ↗

— Mark Boal

#fact #films #high #nature #pitched

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. ↗

— Franz Boas

#emotionally #energetic #imaginative #intelligent #mankind

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers. ↗

— Franz Boas

#been #case #deviate #every #exceeding

We all know scientists who in private life do not come up to the standard of truthfulness, but who, nevertheless, would not consciously falsify the results of their researches. ↗

— Franz Boas

#consciously #know #life #nevertheless #private