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My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents. ↗

— Keira Knightley

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There are things that I value now that I didn't when I first went over there, like Zen Buddhism, which has become part of my life over the last couple years. ↗

— Matthew Sweet

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Travel is the frivolous part of serious lives, and the serious part of frivolous ones. ↗

— Sophie Swetchine

#lives #ones #part #serious #travel

I didn't play video games because my parents didn't allow it. That was banned from my childhood experience. ↗

— Kristin Kreuk

#banned #because #childhood #experience #games

Actually, no, because awards don't spark sales as much as you'd think. ↗

— Chantal Kreviazuk

#awards #because #much #sales #spark

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#death #dramatic #even #exactly #guess

A mutual and satisfied sexual act is of great benefit to the average woman, the magnetism of it is health giving. When it is not desired on the part of the woman and she gives no response, it should not take place. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

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Free time keeps me going. It's just something that's always been a part of my life. I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#because #been #dramatic #early #experimental

I don't think American independent films have ever really been particularly experimental, except for the original guys from the '60s who were huge influences, like Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, and Stan van der Beek. They were the true independents. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

#been #ever #except #experimental #films

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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