Bruce Beresford Quotes
In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent.
Quotes to Explore
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We have a world minus a whole lot of talent that has stepped out of contention for leadership, only because they don't want to seem too aggressive, too smart, unattractive, or too male.
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I have confidence in mining. I see exciting opportunities in it.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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There is no one true church.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an 8-ft. cactus, the century plant, produces a huge yellow flower every great once in a while, like a robot proffering a bouquet. After the plant flowers, it dies.
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Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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Sound is a huge influence on peoples' attention.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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A heart makes a good home for the friend.
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There are secrets at the heart of every story; there is something that must be uncovered or discovered, both by the reader and by the characters.
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We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's friend.
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If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.
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I'm not super social, don't really go to parties, or basketball games, or football games very often, the big social occasions.
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A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.
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My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.
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Think about the comfortable feeling you have as you open your front door. That's but a hint of what we'll feel some day on arriving at the place our Father has lovingly and personally prepared for us in heaven. We will finally - and permanently - be 'at home' in a way that defies description.
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It's not foreign for me to be talking about my problems in circles.
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Normally, when politicians talk about 'cutting the budget,' they really mean reducing the amount of increase. Actual spending goes up while the politicians claim to have 'cut the budget.'
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Once you let yourself grow close to someone, cutting the ties could be painful.
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In silent movies, they tended to put the camera down, and everybody walked in front of it and acted, and then they all walked off. Cutting was quite infrequent.
