John Frankenheimer Quotes
I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.
Quotes to Explore
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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I never left doo wop.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
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We need to send Barack Obama back to Chicago. I'd like to send him back to Kenya, back to Indonesia. We have to unmask this man. This is a man that seeks to destroy all concept of God. And I will tell you what, this is classical Marxist philosophy.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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Movies have influenced all writers, not just thriller writers.
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I always thought that I might retire from any form of sexuality by the age of 40 and just become a dignified older person.
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I grew up as a dancer, and music and dance are so closely tied that in ballet class, you're listening to all this classical music, and in modern class, you're working with a live drummer. It was something that always made me feel really comfortable, and I've had a connection to since the beginning.
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What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.
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It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
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I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.
