James Payn Quotes

But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.

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• I am always locked in my design studio.

  

  Valentino Garavani
  • Design
  • Studio
  • Locked

• We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Heroes
  • Conflicts
  • Tale

• I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • See
  • Back
  • Superstar

• I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.

  

  Laura Haddock
  • Together
  • Weird
  • Knife

• Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.

  

  Om Puri
  • Just
  • Follow
  • Soldiers

• Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • You
  • Always
  • Once

• I'm very easily distracted unless I have music on. Listening to music while I brainstorm makes me think of scenes that would fit the mood of the music I'm playing.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • Music
  • Think
  • Listening

• Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Wanted
  • Accident
  • Blueprint

• When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.

  

  Gabriel Mann
  • Career
  • Film
  • Goal

• Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.

  

  Wallace Shawn
  • People
  • May
  • Person

• The Hungarians, by nature, are not extreme. They become more extreme only when they are forced to fight for their freedom, as was in the case in the uprising against the communists in 1956 or the revolution against the Austrian Empire. They will not turn extreme in the name of despotism.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • Nature
  • Freedom
  • Revolution

• Days are long when you're filming, so I catch up on sleep during breaks to avoid looking tired.

  

  Tamzin Merchant
  • Up
  • Long
  • Sleep

• The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.

  

  Floyd Patterson
  • Future
  • Pride
  • Fight

• Once the federal dust settles, whether there is little to spend or a lot, education must continue to be our top priority. We can afford nothing less.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Education
  • Nothing
  • Priority

• I wore a lot of vintage clothing. I dressed like a reporter, with a little card in my hat. I had these fantasies of who I wanted to be, so I'd dress like an explorer, a cowboy. I dressed up like Elton John a lot too. That was another period.

  

  Illeana Douglas
  • Up
  • Period
  • Dress

• When I was a Laker Girl, I only danced for three months. We did not get paid that much money, and I was working two jobs at the time. I thought that it would be a little more fun, but it was quite stressful. It's all about your weight, your hair, having the right hair extensions, what to wear, the kind of shoes you wore.

  

  Taylour Paige
  • Time
  • Money
  • Fun

• For a Tamil debut, I wanted to make sure the script is the right one. We are hopeful 'Bramhotsavam' will be that film.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Film
  • Right
  • Will

• The moment I moved to New York City to study fashion, I met and became friends with people not only involved in fashion but in all the arts. It's quite fluid with so many types of artists, designers, and musicians who know each other through collaborations or friends of friends.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • People
  • Friends
  • City

• I found myself doing all these action-adventure movies, and it's been a fantastic experience, and I've learnt a lot.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Experience
  • Action
  • Myself

• The teacher you need is the person you’re living with.

  

  Byron Katie
  • Teacher

• I did movie star impressions as a kid in high school. Somehow they just got out of hand.

  

  Don Adams
  • School
  • Movie
  • High

• And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing.

  

  Emily Watson
  • Hand
  • Amazing
  • Sexy

• This living hand, now warm and capableOf earnest grasping, would, if it were coldAnd in the icy silence of the tomb,So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nightsThat thou wouldst wish thine own heart dry of bloodSo in my veins red life might stream again,And thou be conscience-calm'd - see here it is -I hold it towards you.

  

  John Keats
  • Life
  • Heart
  • Wish

• But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect.

  

  James Payn
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