Triggered Quotes

(Thoughts on the one film (or films) that made him want to become a filmmaker and why): There was no epiphany from one film. There were a few that stood out over the years. I was 8 when I saw _Ladri di biciclette (1948)_, and it was the first black-and-white film I had ever seen. It triggered my curiosity to start seeing European cinema. When I was 7, I saw The Making of `Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid` (1970). Hearing George Roy Hill talk about all the choices he made, I knew that directing movies was what I wanted to do. I remember seeing Death and Venice 40 times one year, and then switching my allegiance to Godard after seeing Masculine/Feminine! I knew early on that I was a nerd and that films were my refuge. Those first few minutes before the lights went off, and you`re alone in the theater waiting, were really pleasurable. Whether it was Steve McQueen, the coolest guy in cinema, to Robert Altman`s strange and wonderful 3 Women (1977), I saw hundreds of films before I ever picked up a camera. I believe I took something away from each one.

Americans spend much of their adult lives paying taxes in various forms. We should end this practice of paying a tax that is triggered only by debt.

The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.

The crisis triggered a fertile period of scientific ferment and revolution in economic theory.

which could have triggered a chain of events, structural damages, a fire and an engine breakdown.

I had planned to give this gift before the challenge was issued. But the challenge kind of triggered my decision to do it now.

Weather forecasts have always triggered retail sales.

People were doing business with one another through the Internet already, through bulletin boards. But on the Web, we could make it interactive, we could create an auction, we could create a real marketplace. And that`s really what triggered my imagination, if you will, and that`s what I did.

Once the board acts, then the appeal period is triggered. That can`t happen because SEPA requires a substantive decision.