Dawn Steel Quotes
You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.
Dawn Steel
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Because art as a pursuit, as a concept, as an ideal, constantly elevates one above the pragmatic, one is inclined to discuss art in heightened terminologies. For me, it is just what I do all day long.
Ralph Gibson
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Sam Rayburn
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
Samantha Bond
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
Larry Bird
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
Natalie Portman
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
Nancy Gibbs
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
Carla Gugino
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I continue to aspire to serve Colombia as president.
Ingrid Betancourt
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Perhaps the hardest challenge has been to persuade the public, impatient for rapid growth, of the need to ensure stability first. Growth, it is argued, is always more important, regardless of the looming economic risks.
Raghuram Rajan
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I try to explain to people that you get the roles that are right when they're right. If you have a nerd character but you're kind of a cool guy, you're probably not going to get the nerd part. The nerd is going to get the nerd part. You know, someone like me.
Ed Helms
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If there is a good musical reason, I think it might draw more attention and sell, though it is not guaranteed. To make a record without a musical reason, you have to either be a pop star who sells automatically or just be lucky.
Eberhard Weber
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
Lady Gaga
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I wasn't ever good enough to be on the baseball team and that sort of stuff.
Balthazar Getty
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As humans embrace new forms of social media to keep connected with friends and colleagues, our robots are becoming increasingly sociable.
Ken Goldberg
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I think a movie is a great date idea for younger couples. It takes the pressure off, since something else is entertaining you. It's also good for couples in a very comfortable relationship.
Chris Carmack
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I took office as president in January 2003, and in April 2003, I sent to Congress my first proposal for tax reform. Some parts were voted on, with respect to federal taxes, and then it came to a standstill. Why? Because each state is interested in its own tax reform, has its own tax policy, and each state has its federal deputies and senators.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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You do sequels because they are tent poles. They open well, and they hold the tent up. But in between, you make a movie you respect.
Dawn Steel
