"Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground."

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Alexander Payne

“Donâ€™t take life too seriously and always remember: it is just a passing fad.”
“When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.”
“There are so many emotions that you're feeling, you can get stifled by them if you're feeling them all at once. What I try to do is take one moment - one simple, simple feeling - and expand it into three-and-a-half minutes.”
“Although our love never dies, the pain of our loss can eventually dissolve.”

Source : Judy Tatelbaum (2009). “The Courage to Grieve: The Classic Guide to Creative Living, Recovery, and Growth Through Grief”, p.8, Harper Collins
“I don't think there's anything really wrong with influence because I think that one can use another man's art as material either literally or just implying that they're doing that, without it representing a lack of a point of view.”
“Surfing's one of the few sports that you look ahead to see what's behind.”

Source : "Laird Hamilton: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. March 23, 2011.
“My intentions with any of my music is to keep it futuristic and updated and be experimental and try new things.”
“President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction.' But, clearly, the small growth in jobs isn't even keeping up with population growth, much less returning the workforce to a healthy level.”

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