Frederick Wiseman Quotes
I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.Frederick Wiseman
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
Xavier Becerra -
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
Nancy Gibbs -
Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
Ted Rall -
One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
Ed Belfour -
The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
Haile Gebrselassie -
What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
Edith Evans
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Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
Wendy Kopp -
I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
Oriana Fallaci -
As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
Gary Ackerman -
The great object is that every man be armed.
Patrick Henry -
I think something that's very relevant in real life and that they don't portray enough on TV is that when you think 'Christian,' you think 'goody two shoes' - they have to look a certain way and do certain things - and it's just not true.
Samuel Larsen -
I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning - you know, 'beginning, middle and end.'
Maira Kalman
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If I can't do high kicks or dance in it, then I won't wear it.
Yvonne Strahovski -
I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently.
Garth Ennis -
People say, 'He doesn't want to be a spokesperson for the gay community.' I do, of course I do, but I want to be a spokesperson for everyone. Ya know, straight people, gay people, bisexual. I don't want it to be limited.
Sam Smith -
My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.
Jacob deGrom -
The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
Bear Grylls -
I don't get my inspiration from a specific source. It's more like if you listen to a good tune, it gives me inspiration to write a better tune.
Rain
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My job as an editor is to gently prod the attention of the audience to look at various parts of the frame. And that - I do that by manipulating how and where I cut and what succession of images I work with.
Walter Murch -
As an actress I just want to tell beautiful stories.
Marion Cotillard -
Looking in the mirror is very strange; we see only what we choose to see, good or bad.
Bonnie Langford -
I don't really like doing interviews.
Sean Young -
If you love a young writer, maybe the best thing you can do is give them a little bit of space.
Zadie Smith -
I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.
Frederick Wiseman