Billy Wilder Quotes
Billy Wilder once told me, 'Make 'em personal,' ... 'But make 'em for the people.'
Billy Wilder
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Every time I write a new novel about something sombre and sobering and terrible I think, 'oh Lord, they're not going to want to go here'. But they do. Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
Park Chan-wook
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
Felipe VI of Spain
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
Ralph Bakshi
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I think people should know more of Africa in terms of its joie de vivre, its feeling for life. In spite of the images that one knows about Africa - the economic poverty, the corruption - there's a joy to living and a happiness in community, living together, in community life, which may be missing here in America.
Youssou N'Dour
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
Earl Campbell
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The good thing about 'Have I Got News For You' is it's a compact show but it still gives everyone space to breathe, and everyone always gets a chance to say something if they want to. It's a very difficult show to dominate, and guests who come on and dominate always fall foul.
Jack Dee
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.
Rafael Nadal
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The reality about being economically dependent on someone else usually doesn't work out for women in the end. It's about being an adult and being responsible for your life. Most women have to work, so let's just get on with it.
Candace Bushnell
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I wish I had read more and majored in literature rather than theatre. I think I would have been a better artist for it. I am trying to play catch-up now.
Idina Menzel
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
Baz Luhrmann
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
Karrine Steffans
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Electric cars are going to be very important for urban transportation.
Carlos Ghosn
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I think I was 10 when I did my first community play, and then I started booking bigger roles in these plays, and people were telling me and my parents that I was talented. And I was like, 'Well, this is something I wanna do.'
Lili Reinhart
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One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news. Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
Peace Pilgrim
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And the English army, wheeling, started south at a gallop over the hill pass into Ettrick, followed by twenty men and eight hundred sheep in steel helmets.
Dorothy Dunnett
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Sometimes mess is more than just the easy choice - it's the optimal choice.
Brian Christian
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Billy Wilder once told me, 'Make 'em personal,' ... 'But make 'em for the people.'
Billy Wilder
