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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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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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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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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I hate flying. Know why? Because no one really understands how planes actually work.
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If we don't like the Human Rights Council, then let's not fund it. We should pick and choose cafeteria style which groups we want to help.
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The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle.
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The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.
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I think you must remember that a writer is a simple-minded person to begin with and go on that basis. He's not a great mind, he's not a great thinker, he's not a great philosopher, he's a story-teller.
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We are taking the steps necessary to be ready to send whatever assistance is requested of us, and we are preparing to receive citizens who seek refuge in our state.
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We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.
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I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
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In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.
