"'Hoop Dreams'was an unbelievable struggle. We were trying to raise money in the midst of shooting it, and just explaining to people took a lot of effort. I remember talking to someone who should have gotten it, this person was in Public Television, and they didn't think we had a story, until 'maybe something bad happens to one of the boys.' Besides being somewhat heartless, it was also wrong."

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Gordon Quinn

#Struggle Quotes #Boys Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I'll not! The gents are impressed with the way that I'm dressed. I wouldn't change even one spot.”
“Laughter is the best creative medicine.”
“I want to go where the guns are!”
“There is an hour of the afternoon when the plain is on the verge of saying something. It never says, or perhaps it says it infinitely, or perhaps we do not understand it, or we understand it and it is untranslatable as music.”
“This year I am choosing to live beyond my wildest dreams. I wonder where they'll take me.”
“Happiness does not come from a job. It comes from knowing what you truly value, and behaving in a way thatâ€™s consistent with those beliefs. Many people today resent the suggestion that theyâ€™re in charge of the way they feel.Those people are mistaken. That was a big lesson and I learned it several hundred times before it stuck. What you do, who youâ€™re with, and how you feel about the world around you, is completely up to you.”
“Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find more.”
“Being an employee is a bad outcome. You want to avoid that. Being an employee is never a good outcome. That's just an opinion.”

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