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I don't know what has happened to movies, but lately every movie is at least 20 minutes too long. It used to be that if you were three hours long it was because it was epic - a movie about Gandhi; something with very important subject matters.

~Ethan Hawke

Topics: About Because Epic Every Gandhi Happened Hours Important Know Lately Least Long Matters Minutes Movie Movies Something Subject Three Too Used Very Were You

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All the men in my life have been two things: an epic and an epidemic.

~Ethel Waters

Topics: Been Epic Epidemic Life Men My Life Things Two

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Being in a Chinese coal mine for 30 years is like an epic novel. It's tragic.

~Evan Osnos

Topics: Being Chinese Coal Epic Like Mine Novel Tragic Years

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And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.

~Ferdowsi

Topics: Blessing Close Come Deeds Ended Epic God Kings May Men Now Rest Tale Them Unto

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Epic things happen in soccer.

~Filipe Luis

Topics: Epic Happen Soccer Things Things Happen

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I don't really think much about how I would have fared in the Second World War. It's a topic that has to be treated with respect and subtlety, and you can't just go in all guns blazing and make an epic action film.

~Fionn Whitehead

Topics: About Action Action Film Blazing Epic Film Go Guns How Just Make Much Really Respect Second Second World War Subtlety Think Topic Treated War World World War Would You

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In the epic war over Silicon Valley's intellectual property, Bill Gates was on the side of licensing copyright and robust protections for intellectual property. He wasn't on the side of the hackers, and he didn't want information to be free.

~Franklin Foer

Topics: Bill Bill Gates Copyright Epic Free Gates Hackers He Information Intellectual Intellectual Property Over Property Robust Side Silicon Valley Want War

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In order for innovation to happen, a bunch of things that aren't happening on closed platforms need to occur. Valve wouldn't exist today without the PC, or Epic, or Zynga, or Google. They all wouldn't have existed without the openness of the platform.

~Gabe Newell

Topics: Bunch Closed Epic Exist Existed Google Happen Happening Innovation Need Occur Openness Order Platform Platforms Things Today Without Pc

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What works about fairy tales is that they endure, and the great thing about fairy tales is that you can explore big, epic things that you can't really explore in other situations.

~Gary Ross

Topics: About Big Endure Epic Explore Fairy Fairy Tales Great Great Thing Other Really Situations Tales Thing Things Works You

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I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier.

~Gene Luen Yang

Topics: Army Basically Because Book Boxers Capital City Comic Easier Envision Epic Europeans Gathered Had Japanese Journey Lot Me Saints Side Teenagers Think Were Where I Think

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