David MacKenzie Quotes

A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity - do you feel it's real?

David MacKenzie

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• I've known Bezos for decades, since the very early days of Amazon, so it's no surprise to me that he's smart or willing to make big bets.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • Smart
  • Surprise
  • Known

• While it may be true that the UAE has been an ally since the September 11, 2001, attacks, the American people know it has also harbored and aided some of the al Qaeda agents who were involved in that attack.

  

  Bart Gordon
  • People
  • May
  • American

• Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.

  

  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Eyes
  • Worst
  • Blind

• Texas is a pretty free state.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Pretty
  • Free
  • Texas

• I'm not an American, but I have this weird connection to America in different ways through my dad living here for five years, my godfather being an American who I'm very close to.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • Different
  • American
  • America

• I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can aim for it, but you already know you won't get there because it doesn't exist. Plus, I definitely think the flaws, little cracks, and accidents are a lot more interesting.

  

  Vincent Cassel
  • Think
  • Interesting
  • Path

• Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.

  

  Sammi Hanratty
  • Teenager
  • Go
  • Through

• There are now hundreds of thousands of new engineers that are being trained in China. If people start finding themselves losing their jobs, not to the Chinese here but because China has become such a dominant force - then there could very well be a backlash.

  

  Iris Chang
  • People
  • Start
  • Chinese

• My father's name is Dee, so when I was born they named me Katherine Dee and they took the K from Katherine and put it with his name, sort of to give me my dad's namesake. But it's hysterical how often it gets misspelled. I used to be like, 'No one capitalizes my D!'

  

  KaDee Strickland
  • Born
  • Name
  • Fathers

• In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.

  

  B. B. King
  • Play
  • Church
  • Taught

• Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.

  

  Adam D'Angelo
  • People
  • Up
  • Friends

• You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.

  

  Sabrina Bryan
  • Long
  • Support
  • Passion

• My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.

  

  Paige VanZant
  • Up
  • Time
  • Love

• I do tell people when I'm walking down the street that they should really rethink their whole outfit.

  

  Becki Newton
  • People
  • Walking
  • Down

• In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?

  

  Famke Janssen
  • Know
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Think
  • I Think
  • Too Much

• A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Past
  • Experiences
  • Pull

• Brooklyn's good. Brooklyn's funky. Brooklyn's happening.

  

  Waris Dirie
  • Good
  • Brooklyn
  • Funky

• Senior tennis is like the younger game in slow motion. It is much more of a backcourt game. The player who had a big game in his prime finds it harder to play that same game as a senior. But any senior who could lob well when he was young can still hit a good lob.

  

  Bobby Riggs
  • Good
  • Game
  • Player

• In life, you either watch TV or you do TV. I told my daughters that the only way you're going to make it in this business is to get in the game. That's the biggest advice I can give them.

  

  David Hasselhoff
  • Life
  • Business
  • Game

• I have always felt that laughter in the face of reality is probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when the game is called on account of darkness. In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.

  

  Linda Ellerbee
  • Time
  • World
  • Good

• It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.

  

  Buzz Aldrin
  • People
  • Real
  • Honest

• Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

  

  Charles de Montesquieu

• A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity - do you feel it's real?

  

  David MacKenzie
  • Real
  • Game
  • Authenticity