Independence Day Quotes - Page 6

• It's still the White House exploding [in "Independence Day"]. It was just so provocative, and no one had ever done it before. I remember when we shot it, how everyone was excited.

  Roland Emmerich

  White, House, Independence

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• That one [in "2012"] was different because it was all CG, getting washed away by water. In "Independence Day," everything was still done in models, built in a certain scale out of plaster, and packing tons and tons of little explosives and charges in there. We had a second one in case it didn't work the first time, but it worked the first time.

  Roland Emmerich

  Water, Independence, Different

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• There are shots that I had to walk away from because we had to get the movie in the theaters. There are some in "Independence Day" and "Godzilla," but lately I got smart. I would plan it so I had enough time [to get it right]. That just comes with experience.

  Roland Emmerich

  Smart, Independence, Enough Time

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• Dean [Devlin, Emmerich's partner on "Independence Day"] and I always said that we'd only do it when we had a really good story that excites us both, and we have the story written. And we've had it for a year and a half, two years. So we've been ready.

  Roland Emmerich

  Years, Two, Independence

  Source: www.bullz-eye.com

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• Dr. Okun. Who's named after a special-effects guy named Jeff Okun, who had done Stargate for Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, who did Independence Day. But "Brakish" just came up one day when Jeff Goldblum and I were improvising, and he told me his character's name and I told him mine.

  Brent Spiner

  Character, Names, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• [Independence Day] was a sweet, sweet job, because it was one of those big surprises.

  Brent Spiner

  Sweet, Jobs, Independence

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I had no idea I was part of what was going to be a big mega-hit. I thought I was doing a B sci-fi movie [Independence Day]. And, actually, it was Jeff Goldblum who looked at me one day and said, "You know, I think this is going to be really something." And I said, "Well, I hope you're right." And sure enough, it turned out to be.

  Brent Spiner

  Thinking, Ideas, Independence

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• It seemed like an interesting movie [Independence Day], and I thought I had a take on the part that was going to be unique. That doesn't happen to me very often.

  Brent Spiner

  Unique, Interesting, Independence

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• "St. Lucia We Love" is actually a song produced by Stratosphere music (also St. Lucian). The CEO of Stratosphere music approached me and wanted me to produce a music video for this song which was already a hit in my country. I felt privileged to have been chosen to do such a video. So every time I went out to shoot a scene from the video, I would get a still shot from the scene to tease the public. The photo of the amazona versicolor is is an actual scene from the video which was released on St. Lucia's Independence day (22nd February, 2013).

  St. Lucia

  Country, Song, Love Is

  Source: arcthemagazine.com

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• America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

  George W. Bush

  Ambition, Patriotic, Men

  Third Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 20 January 2004

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• Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren't free but I'm sure they enjoyed fireworks.

  Chris Rock

  4th Of July, Holiday, White

  Twitter post from Jul 04, 2012

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  The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Humble, Ethnicity, Essence

  "Condoleezza Rice outshines Paul Ryan at the Republican convention" by Ana Marie Cox, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2012.

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• If you think Independence Day is America's defining holiday, think again. Thanksgiving deserves that title, hands-down.

  Tony Snow

  Thanksgiving, Holiday, Thinking

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• America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.

  Woodrow Wilson

  4th Of July, Men, America

  Woodrow Wilson, Ray Stannard Baker, Howard Seavoy Leach (1925). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)”

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• Today 25 million Texans can celebrate our liberty, and honor the founding generation of Texans who secured it for us. Happy Texas Independence Day, and God Bless Texas.

  John Cornyn

  Texas, Independence, Honor

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Inspiring, Women, 4th Of July

  Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights

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• It is the love of country that has lighted and that keeps glowing the holy fire of patriotism.

  J. Horace McFarland

  Country, 4th Of July, Patriotic

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• My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Country

  Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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