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I believe that the process could be fun, I just think that making movies is really tough. And it's stressful as it is, and I think that most of us got in this business because it's fun to make movies.

~Francis Lawrence

Topics: Because Believe Business Could Fun Got Just Make Making Making Movies Most Movies Process Really Stressful Think Tough Us I Think I Believe I Believe That

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When I signed on and went and did 'Catching Fire,' the majority of it was done in Atlanta for rebate reasons. Luckily, that worked because there's forest. There's old rail stations and factories and lots of stuff we can use and sound stages. For the tropical stuff, we went to Hawaii.

~Francis Lawrence

Topics: Atlanta Because Catching Did Done Factories Fire Forest Hawaii Lots Luckily Majority Old Rail Reasons Signed Sound Stages Stations Stuff Tropical Use Worked

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We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded like people who wish they hadn't come here at all.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Because Come Here Home Immigrant Like Millions Natural Often Origin People Should Too Who Wish

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We should be the natural home for younger voters. But today we're not. Because too often we sound like people who just don't like contemporary Britain.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Because Britain Contemporary Home Just Like Natural Often People Should Sound Today Too Voters Who Younger

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We should be the natural home for young mothers. But we're not. Because too often we sound like people who think the only good mother is a married mother.

~Francis Maude

Topics: Because Good Good Mother Home Like Married Mother Mothers Natural Often Only People Should Sound Think Too Who Young

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For a believer, Christian faith is true to the human heart, not in the sense that any old thing we fancy believing in will become conveniently true - but because the complicated truth about our hearts, as we struggle to perceive it, tells us what we are and where we are, and consequently what we need.

~Francis Spufford

Topics: About Any Because Become Believer Believing Christian Christian Faith Complicated Consequently Faith Fancy Heart Hearts Human Human Heart Need Old Old Thing Our Perceive Sense Struggle Tells Thing True Truth Us Where Will

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Why do I write? From selfishness. Because this state of liquefied, complex concentration, however faintly and dimly I'm able to perceive it, is the greatest pleasure I know.

~Francis Spufford

Topics: Able Because Complex Concentration Greatest Greatest Pleasure However Know Perceive Pleasure Selfishness State Why Write I Write

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I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off. We create a grid of words and also images, but words for me are more ample because you can interpret them your own way.

~Francisco Costa

Topics: Also Ample Because Begin Create Crossing Down Every Exercise Get Grid Images Inspiration Interpret Many Me More Much Off Own Started Them Then Travels Way Week Where Words Write You Your I Write

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I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right.

~Francisco Costa

Topics: Because Create Designing Everything Go Listen Music Precise Process Right Silence Through

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I have never liked the memoir form because I tend to think that memory fictionalizes anyway. Once you claim that you are writing a narrative purely from memory, you are already in the realm of fiction.

~Francisco Goldman

Topics: Anyway Because Claim Fiction Form Liked Memoir Memory Narrative Never Once Purely Realm Tend Think Writing You

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