Lakshmi Pratury Quotes
I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.Lakshmi Pratury
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Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen.
F. Murray Abraham -
I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
K. Flay -
A sack is way better than any nightclub. A touchdown is way better than any bar experience I've ever had.
J. J. Watt -
I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
Eddie Izzard -
It's a cliche, but there really is no handbook about the celebrity thing; you have to figure it out as you go along.
Nathan Lane -
My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
Raf Simons
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In my experience, I think there's must ado about fidelity and infidelity. I think sometimes true emotional relationships can go beyond those.
Karan Johar -
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
Abraham Joshua Heschel -
It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
Earl Warren -
When we read fiction, we want to get outside of ourselves and are able to see from a perspective we haven't seen through before. That can be very powerful.
G. Willow Wilson -
Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
Tabatha Coffey -
I'm always shy when I meet people I admire so I wouldn't be able to say anything rather than, 'How do you do? Love you! Bye!'
Jacki Weaver
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We've all read, I'm sure, a Superman book where we didn't really feel like we knew the character. Where the writer, often with the best of intentions, has tried put a personal stamp on the character, whether it be to try and make him more current, or cool, or have a broader appeal, etc.
Gary Frank -
The guitar for me is a translation device. It's not a goal. And in some ways, jazz isn't a destination for me. For me, jazz is a vehicle that takes you to the true destination - a musical one that describes all kinds of stuff about the human condition and the way music works.
Pat Metheny -
Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
H. R. McMaster -
Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
Om Puri -
I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
Nat King Cole -
I applaud anything that can take a kid away from a PlayStation or a Gameboy. That is a miracle in itself.
Gary Oldman
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
Nathaniel Rich -
Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
Adam Michnik -
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I said before the season that this team would hit 40 home runs this year.
B. R. Hayden -
I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.
Tamsin Greig -
I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.
Lakshmi Pratury