Paul Thomas Anderson Quotes

There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

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• A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

  

  Abba Eban
  • Movement
  • Elegance
  • Posture

• I don't get recognised that much in the street.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • Get
  • Street
  • Recognised

• You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • God
  • Done
  • Earth

• And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.

  

  Samuel Daniel
  • World
  • Few
  • Ear

• Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.

  

  Imelda Staunton
  • People
  • Peace
  • Positive

• If I manage to get seven hours' sleep, I'm a pretty good parent.

  

  Ed Stoppard
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Sleep

• You gotta give everybody a new trend a new wave, something new to do.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • You
  • New
  • Wave

• Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Me
  • Policy
  • Buildings

• I have this dream that the first responders to 911 calls will not be law enforcement personnel but robots. Robots can put eyes and ears on the scene much faster than you can with policemen or women.

  

  Vijay Kumar
  • Women
  • Dream
  • Law

• People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • People
  • Women
  • Black

• When Barack Obama was elected, it immediately brought out all the differences in society.

  

  Wadada Leo Smith
  • Society
  • Differences
  • Out

• The only way that you can ever continue to have a career and have success and have hits is if you are honest to yourself in the same way that you were in the beginning.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Career
  • Success
  • Beginning

• We must not allow the Iranian regime to use the nation's vast energy resource as a financial pipeline for its nuclear ambitions.

  

  Ted Deutch
  • Energy
  • Financial
  • Nation

• Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big reason I wanted to be an actor was I really enjoyed actors' company - which probably makes me about as shallow as a puddle. But it could be worse. I could be working for a living.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • Me
  • Nice
  • Company

• I'm trying to cut down a little on eating, on sodium, keep my blood pressure down, which is tough. Because I love food! I do, but it's unfair how everything that's bad for you tastes so good, and all the good stuff, veggies and green things, doesn't match up.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Up
  • Good
  • Trying

• I'm not really interested in politics, because I think it's just too removed from my own life. If there's a war, though, or a disaster, I want to know what's happening.

  

  Zhang Ziyi
  • Life
  • War
  • Politics

• I was born in a territory called Biran, in the eastern region of Cuba. It's known by that name, although it has never appeared on a map.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Never
  • Name
  • Cuba

• Shadowing is really a great way to learn how the entire TV-making mechanism works. I had the distinct pleasure of shadowing the gifted and talented Allison Anders, who taught me a great deal about the importance of collaboration and trusting the talent around you.

  

  Ian Anthony Dale
  • Great
  • Talent
  • Collaboration

• We would like to solve everything that we could on our football team in free agency. That way you go into the draft and you're freewheeling.

  

  Joe Gibbs
  • Free
  • Way
  • Team

• It seldom happens, however, that a great proprietor is a great improver.

  

  Adam Smith
  • Great

• Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste.

  

  Charles Baudelaire
  • Ambition

• Nature, God, Buddha - someone has given me this health. I can break dance still; I can run; I can play basketball. In my mind, I can do anything. As long as I have that spirit, I'm going to keep doing it.

  

  James Hong
  • God
  • Long
  • Mind

• Sometimes it's better to live through someone's work than the person themselves, and to realise that every human being is flawed, but through art they can be perfect.

  

  Emily Haines Broken Social Scene
  • Art
  • Perfect
  • Sometimes

• There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

  

  Paul Thomas Anderson