Joe Wright Quotes
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.Joe Wright
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
Abba Eban -
From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
Madeline Kahn -
Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.
C. S. Lewis -
I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.
Rachel Nichols -
I saw Mercury Prize-winners Alt-J for the first time recently, touring their debut album 'An Awesome Wave,' and I'm still riding the high: they're the most musically dynamic and exciting band to have poured tune into my lug holes live since Bellowhead.
Dan Stevens -
I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
Edmund Hillary
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I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works.
Ralph Bakshi -
Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
Quentin Blake -
I want to have an impact on my son.
Orlando Bloom -
The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof.
Barbara Kingsolver -
I told myself, 'I am teaching entrepreneurship, so I should be an entrepreneur myself.'
Dan Shechtman -
Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
Ted Nelson
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I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.
Laura Chinchilla -
Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
Dan Hill -
I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Gary Weiss -
There are so many things about which some old man ought to tell one while one is little; for when one is grown one would know them as a matter of course.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
Oliver Platt -
I can always see what I've done wrong. I'm always learning. I'm the perennial student.
Pat Oliphant
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Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is very good company by the way.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax -
If people decide thin is out, the fashion industry won't have thin models anymore. Have you spent time with fashion people? They are ruthless. They want money. And the one thing they know is people want clothes to cover their bodies. Unfortunately, most people aren't comfortable with their bodies.
Kelly Cutrone -
When people say, 'Who are you?' I'm a sculptor and a painter. That's how I define myself. The acting is fun, and I hope to leave behind a couple things in my life of dramatic integrity and art.
Michael Horse -
I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.
Mallory Ortberg -
I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.
Mallory Ortberg -
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
Joe Wright