Nelson Algren Quotes

About his legacy: I'll be all right so long as it has been written on some corner of a human heart. On the heart, it doesn't matter how you spell it.

Nelson Algren

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People in love don't see gender, colour or religion. Or age. It's about the other person, the one that you love and who loves you. You don't think of them in terms of a label. You just go with your heart.

Sam Taylor-Wood
- People
- Heart
- Love
Emotions come first, and in the most direct sense: you first have an emotion and then have a feeling. But also first in the history of the human race, for the ability to have emotions long preceded the ability to have feelings.

Ian Hacking
- Long
- History
- Feeling
You break her heart, I'll break your neck.

Vin Diesel
- Heart
- You
- Break
Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.

Otis Williams The Temptations
- Up
- Good
- Long
Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long.

Walker Evans
- Long
- Die
- Listen
A 90-minute time frame is not long enough to tell a good female story, and that's why long-format television has become so great for female storytelling and for female performers and directors and writers.

Frances McDormand
- Time
- Good
- Great