Preston Sturges Quotes
After I saw a couple of pictures put out by my fellow comedy-directors, which seemed to have abandoned the fun in favor of the message, I wrote Sullivan's Travels to satisfy an urge to tell them that they were getting a little too deep-dish, to leave the preaching to the preachers.Preston Sturges
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
Ramez Naam -
I got to write most of everything I said.
R. Lee Ermey -
'Trapped in the Closet' is pretty much forever. I've got a leash on this thing now. I'm going to walk it.
R. Kelly -
I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
Carlo Rubbia -
People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
Cal Thomas -
Nobody shoots at Santa Claus.
Samuel Butler
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I have had success throughout the years. Some of the hard rock bands today don't have the history that I have.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
To me the definition of true masculinity – and femininity, too – is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
Music continues to remind me that its boundaries are limitless.
Haley Reinhart -
You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.
Imogen Poots -
Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
Walter Kohn -
But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
Obie Trice
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I've really enjoyed doing 'Annie Get Your Gun' and loved Neil Simon stuff like 'Chapter Two.'
Vicki Lawrence -
When I was writing 'Shotgun,' it's one of the first songs that's come to me as an image.
Valerie June -
It's every boy's dream to play a superhero.
Sam Heughan -
A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.
Imelda Staunton -
I have no literary fears.
Carlos Fuentes -
Once you start to try and calculate why you were cast and why you weren't, you get in trouble.
Sam Jaeger
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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
Washed Out -
You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.
Naomi Watts -
If the bride and groom are relaxed and happy, everything flows from there. Big or small, formal or informal - there is no right way. The most important thing is that the couple feels loved and enjoys their big day.
James William Middleton -
I love movies like '500 Days of Summer' and 'Juno.' Something offbeat without the glamour and the makeup and the clothing.
Lucy Hale -
Purchased experiences don't count.
Douglas Coupland -
After I saw a couple of pictures put out by my fellow comedy-directors, which seemed to have abandoned the fun in favor of the message, I wrote Sullivan's Travels to satisfy an urge to tell them that they were getting a little too deep-dish, to leave the preaching to the preachers.
Preston Sturges