John Cassavetes Quotes
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
Karl Pilkington -
Examine the history of China for 2,000 years back, and then compare it with the Western history of fifty years! Does the government of these foreign countries present such a record of generosity, benevolence, loyalty, and honesty as ours?
Zhang Zhidong -
We use the same possessive pronouns for everything, but do we own our lives or sisters or husbands in the same way we own our shoes? Do we own any of them at all?
Samantha Harvey -
It makes sense to have cameras in places where terrorism and crime are of particular concern - such as in Times Square or near major bridges and tunnels. It would be more troubling to learn, however, that the government has focused cameras on the front doors of our homes just to keep track of our comings and goings.
Adam Cohen -
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
Jackie Collins -
No adultery is bloodless.
Natalia Ginzburg
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Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
Ram Dass -
It is my passion to direct movies.
Maiwenn -
Argentine political life is like the life of an ant community or an African forest tribe: full of events, full of crisis and deaths, but life is always cyclical, and the year ends as it begins.
V. S. Naipaul -
Good men must not obey the laws too well.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
For me to do a story, something has to happen to someone. It's a story in the way you learn what a story is in third grade, where there is a person, and things happen to them, and then something big happens, and they realize something new.
Ira Glass -
The distinctive feature of my family was intolerance of sensitivity and emotion - 'Everything's great, it all has to be great all the time and why do you have to spoil it?' Whereas probably the most fundamental and important thing to me has been defending my right to tell the truth about how I feel.
Rachel Cusk
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I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.
Ian Rush -
When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
Adam Grant -
I was completely with the reality TV boom for a while. I really liked a lot of the reality TV, and the one that lost me was the ballroom dancing one they do, 'Dancing with the Stars.' That was the one where I watched it and I was perplexed. I thought it was really boring.
Adam McKay -
I will fight the fight I need to fight to win.
Canelo Alvarez -
Almost everything I do is related to being fat.
Camryn Manheim -
I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.
Patricia Riggen
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... the photographer is a thief who chooses what he steals (which, at this stage of the crisis, is a luxury) and does not democratize the image, that is to say, the photographer selects the pictures, a privilege which ought to be granted to the person being photographed.
Subcomandante Marcos -
Besties Adwoa Aboah and Cara Delevingne have lot in common. They are both beautiful It Brits with impressive modeling chops - and matching half-heart tattoos that symbolize their unbreakable bond.
Elaine Welteroth -
I am with you heart and soul in the great cause to which you are devoting all your energy and your life.
Frank Leslie -
I had never believed I had a soul until then, when it laid bare a hurt more deep than any part of me could bear.
Orson Scott Card -
A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
The camera is the slave to the actor.
John Cassavetes