Preston Manning Quotes
The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.Preston Manning
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
Walter Salles -
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
Samuel Johnson -
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
Mackenzie Astin -
In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.
Wallace Stevens -
Over the years, humans have managed to incorporate nearly every element, light and weighty, common and obscure, into our daily lives. And given how small atoms are and how many of them there are all around us, it's almost certain that your body has at least brushed against an atom of every single natural element on the periodic table.
Sam Kean
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
Adam Clymer -
Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
Vicki Lawrence -
It's a sin to be tired.
Kate Moss -
When I had cancer, people were surprised at how cheerful and upbeat I was, but I couldn't let myself go to depression - to go there, that defeat would allow everything in. If you look too far into the abyss, you might never come out again. You can stand on the abyss and peep but not give in to sadness.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.
W. Eugene Smith -
I don't loathe interviews, I'm just one of those people who makes music because I find it difficult to talk.
P. J. Harvey
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Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.
Uta Hagen -
Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.
Edna Ferber -
News conferences are the only chance the American public has to see Ronald Reagan use his mind.
Sam Donaldson -
China has become a major presence for most countries around the world but notably for its neighboring countries in Asia. So I think it is a common position for Japan and its Asian neighbors that we certainly would strive to maintain as much as possible friendly relations with China.
Naoto Kan -
I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
Zadie Smith -
The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.
Edith Wharton
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Fame is one of the potential hazards of this job, but I really just want to make movies. I want to be respected, sure. Who doesn't? But famous-famous? I just don't care about it. And if you genuinely don't give a damn about that stuff, you really are free.
Brady Corbet -
I always go for the underdog or the rogue or the rebel.
Vanessa Kirby -
Women bestow on friendship only what they borrow from love.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas -
If you look at other countries, you'll find lots of girls doing physics, engineering, and science. It's something to do with the kind of culture we have in the English-speaking world about what's appropriate for each of the two sexes.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell -
The trumpet player, Ronnie Hughes, has still got his chops today but for some strange reason the culture doesn't call him because he's 83-years-old. And these people are in their 70s and 80s and 90s and came with such verve every day and would still be shooting these 10 and 12 hour days. So, that in itself made this an extraordinarily special occasion for all of us. It wasn't a job for the crew after a few days, it took on another tone.
Dustin Hoffman -
The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.
Preston Manning