Bram Fischer Quotes
I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.
Quotes to Explore
-
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
-
Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
-
Too bad, whenever adults tell kids to enjoy their childhoods, kids are like, 'You don't understand anything,' and everyone is right.
-
I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
-
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
-
Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
-
The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
-
I think that sometimes you can be an example of what to do and what not to do, and I think most of the time I'm an example of what not to do.
-
I started as an actor, then became a theater director. I loved acting but didn't feel as confident as I needed to be, so I started directing theater; then I played in some movies, and then I felt the need to do my own stuff.
-
Composition has almost always been solitary.
-
A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.
-
I'm not somebody who's emotionally attached to an outcome of a character that I'm hired to play. The fans are.
-
The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.
-
I love the Warner Brothers lot. There is so much history there. They've done such a smart thing. They have signs outside of each stage which tell you what movies and TV shows were shot inside. So cool... you can almost feel the ghosts of actors past.
-
When I write music, it's very strange: maybe it's normal, but I see things in songs in different colors.
-
I envy Jesus because he's dead.
-
Divine right went out with the American Revolution and doesn't belong to the White House aides. What meat do they eat that makes them grow so great?
-
People's behaviour towards you changes when your films don't work. It's a painful period.
-
My friends are the ones I've had since primary school. They're really cool and such a good bunch of people. They came to every one of my gigs before all of this happened, you know; they were there in the smoky pubs, wherever.
-
We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.
-
Small paintings can be fantastic. But you can't often get a narrative out of a small painting. In any case, museums are huge places, and you want to take up some space.
-
I'm an emotional player ... I like to leave it out there.
-
I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably and makes it possible for the public to be far more aware, far more up-to-date on issues and the opposite sides of the issues.
-
I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.
