John Frankenheimer Quotes
And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.
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When I admire the wonders of a sunset or the beauty of the moon, my soul expands in the worship of the creator.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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The media's gotten lazy. They don't check anything out. You report what he reports.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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We, as entrepreneurs, can be held responsible for our actions every single day, not every election cycle.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to the audience to listen and then make up their own minds.
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I was onstage with Menudo since I was 12 years old. To us, the most successful one was the guy with the most fans. If you moved your hips and the girls screamed, you were getting it right. Who wouldn't want to be like Elvis or Jim Morrison!
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I always remember responding very emotionally to film. I had a lot of lonely time on my hands because I wasn't really the best-looking kid in my town and I sort of pined after girls. I had to sort of immerse myself in the arts because girls weren't particularly interested in me.
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In spite of all temptations of belonging to many nations, I've remained an Indian.
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I love ballet because you can see how beautiful the body is.
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And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.
