Dashiell Hammett Quotes

I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

Dashiell Hammett

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• I have a physical background. It's not like I'm a kung fu master, but my real training was dance school, and through that, I move to this thing called Capruera that I used in 'Ocean's 12.' I can pretend that I can do a lot of things, but then, I don't really master anything.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Real
  • School
  • Dance

• I have a song about being in love. I have a song about being supportive. There's inspiring ones, and there's some that show a little bit more fun and daring. It really is a range of who I am.

  

  Rachel Platten
  • Fun
  • Song
  • Inspiring

• Some people ask me, Do they put aging makeup on you? It's just this very nice street makeup.

  

  Frances Conroy
  • People
  • Nice
  • Makeup

• I'm a wuss - a complete wuss!

  

  Wayne Knight
  • Complete

• The media can allege corruption, but if I do the same against the media, I am gagging freedom of expression.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Freedom
  • Media
  • Expression

• No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Power
  • Science
  • Politics

• If the British Isles had an official vegetable, it would have to be the potato.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • British
  • Vegetable
  • Potato

• As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.

  

  Iain Banks
  • People
  • Long
  • Book

• The awkward thing for me is when the realization happens that I actually might like this girl. Then I become awkward.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Girl
  • Like
  • Might

• You don't need a machine to make pasta: a rolling pin and a fast hand can create a smooth, if thick, sheet.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • You
  • Hand
  • Fast

• Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
  • Power
  • See
  • Leader

• Mankind: A quality of life upgrade is available to each and every one of you. It should give you a quality of life upgrade, which means no drugs, no alcohol, no fast food - unless, of course, it's a mallard.

  

  Ted Nugent
  • Life
  • Food
  • Quality

• Write what you like; there is no other rule.

  

  O. Henry
  • You
  • Like
  • Rule

• An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.

  

  Wendell Berry
  • People
  • Commitment
  • Security

• I grew up doing gymnastics. It requires discipline, eating right, getting sleep, lots of sacrifice. But the pros outweigh the sacrifice.

  

  Kacy Catanzaro
  • Up
  • Sleep
  • Discipline

• I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

  

  Carl Sandburg
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Trust

• You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.

  

  Barry Jenkins
  • Why
  • You
  • Walk

• If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.

  

  Tadashi Yanai
  • Work
  • Challenge
  • Goals

• I think everyone should go on my diet. It's called the Fuck It Diet. Basically what it is, is if I want to eat something but it has a lot of fat or carbs, I just take a moment, and I go within, and I say 'Fuck it' and I eat it. You have to do it 6 times a day. It works really well with the Fuck That Shit Exercise Program.

  

  Margaret Cho
  • Exercise

• Life owes me a living worth living. Yes, Eden regarded life as her debtor, she its relentless paymaster.

  

  Fannie Hurst
  • Life
  • She
  • Eden

• Natural-born American means you don`t have to be naturalized. You were born to an American mother, like President Obama, no matter where you were born.

  

  Chris Matthews
  • American
  • Mother
  • Mean

• In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

  

  Bruce Beresford

• One of the things I love about 'Idol' besides the drama, the backstories, and the crazy arrangements on popular songs is the auditions, when everyone is full of hope and nerves.

  

  Phoebe Robinson
  • Hope
  • Crazy
  • Drama

• I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of.

  

  Dashiell Hammett
  • American
  • Bad
  • Literature