Bruce Beresford Quotes
In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.
Quotes to Explore
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Broadway is really my life.
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master.
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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Poetry is emotion, passion, love, grief - everything that is human. It is not for zombies by zombies.
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Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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You're allowed to make things for women on television, and there's not like... you don't have to go through the humiliation of having made something directed at women. There it's just accepted, whereas if it's a feature, it's like 'So, talk to me about chick flicks.' It's like... I don't think you want to hear my opinion about this.
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Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
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Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find the right road.
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I've built my wardrobe color palette around red, so I'm happy with it, but I do get pangs when I see beautiful brunettes. I've already been blue, green, black, and blonde.
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People like to invent enemies. It spares us the need to address complex worldviews.
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Sarah is very strong. She's really intelligent and she's very physically capable. I like to put that into my own life as well.
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You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.
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My dad was a firefighter for almost 30 years. My mom worked her way up from a secretary to vice president of her own company. They taught me to work hard for everything and take nothing for granted. That's how I play.
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My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.
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It will be difficult to finish my career here. I don't know if I am going to end it at Barcelona, although I would like to. I don't know what is going to happen.
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Parallel cinema has not made an effort to communicate in a language the other person understands.
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Sometimes you need to stand with your nose to the window and have a good look at jazz. And I've done that on many occasions.
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But there, in that remarkable room, surrounded by a laughing, rollicking, unseeing collection of London's brightest and wickedest, Pippa's knowledge of anatomy expanded. It seemed there was such a thing as a broken heart.
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I had never been allowed to go on tour with my husband George Harrison, so had no idea what to expect when I left him to join Eric Clapton on his 1974 U.S. tour.
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I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me.
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In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.
