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Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the wor

Marketing has supplanted story as the primary force behind the worthiness of making a film, and thats a very sad thing. Its film only as a function of consumerism rather than as an important component of our culture, and thats everywhere around the world. – Alexander Payne

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I get asked, How can you have such failures in your films? Well, what else is life about? Theres some sense of constant failure in something. Humor gives you a distance from it. – Alexander Payne

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Failure
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Alexander Payne
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Joe E. Lewis said, Money doesnt buy happiness but it calms the nerves. And that is how I feel about a film being well-received. – Alexander Payne

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Happiness
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I think coldness is chic among writers, and particularly ironic coldness. What is absolutely not allowable is sadness. People will do anything rather than to acknowledge that they are sad. – Mary Gordon

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He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise. – Voltaire

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This Olympics is almost a little sad. It is my final Olympics. There are a lot of good memories. – Bonnie Blair

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