John Hurt Quotes

Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons. It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone.

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• I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.

  

  Ophelia Lovibond
  • She
  • Friend
  • Jazz

• These things don't just come, arrive and settle like a bird picking up a few bits of crumbs. They develop. I think the best word for these things is develop. They develop because of the human beings who just happen to be there at the time.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • Up
  • Time
  • Best

• A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • Free
  • Prosperous

• Growing up as a kid my father was British and a soccer player. His idol was a guy that passed the ball a lot, Stanley Matthews. Our family thought if you could be unselfish your teammates would always like you.

  

  Adam Oates
  • Up
  • Family
  • Father

• There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Choices
  • Nothing
  • Unlimited

• As an actor, I'm always up for exploring and trying new things.

  

  T. V. Carpio
  • Up
  • Trying
  • New

• Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.

  

  Kara Swisher
  • Facebook
  • Web
  • Applications

• It's easy to have a good season but if you want to have a great season you have got to win a major tournament.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Good
  • Great
  • Win

• I do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing for a girl, you've got most of the audience on your side anyway.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • Writing
  • Girl
  • You

• No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?

  

  Nas
  • Black
  • Know
  • Green

• Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'

  

  Nadia Giosia
  • Old
  • Italian
  • Saying

• I don't look at myself as suffering.

  

  A. J. Langer
  • Myself
  • Suffering
  • Look

• I've grown up playing for some incredible coaches, and I don't think anybody's ever been as fortunate as I have in terms of the people I've been allowed to play under, coach under, or be involved with.

  

  Larry Brown
  • People
  • Up
  • Think

• I have the necessary lack of tact.

  

  Ted Koppel
  • Necessary
  • Lack
  • Tact

• I've always had mostly women come out to see me perform. That's the reason the guys show up; they know R. Kelly is going to draw the women. Most of the songs I'm singing are catering to women anyway.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Women
  • Reason
  • Songs

• I use Graf Edmonton for boots and John Wilson blades.

  

  Oksana Baiul
  • Use
  • Boots
  • Edmonton

• I love chocolate chip cookies - really anything with chocolate will do!

  

  Laura Wilkinson
  • Really
  • Chocolate
  • Cookies

• Also, I have found that I really like to work in English. It's very strange because it's exactly the opposite of what I thought it would be like.

  

  Olivier Martinez
  • Work
  • English
  • Thought

• There are great fans in Chicago. I think you'd rather have them recognize than not recognize you.

  

  Patrick Kane
  • Great
  • Fans
  • Chicago

• Of course I love music and I love what I do, but seeing their response to my work is my favourite part of it.

  

  Ariana Grande
  • Work
  • Music
  • Part

• I am trying my best to strike a balance. How many hours a day can I work? I work for 12-15 hours a day; it gets very strenuous. I balance between Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.

  

  Kajal Aggarwal
  • Work
  • Trying
  • Day

• The Internet is all about accessing entertainment. Realistically, 50 to 80 percent of all traffic is people downloading stuff for free. If you can turn that huge market share into something that you can monetize, even if it is just with ads, you will end up making more money than with all other revenue streams combined.

  

  Kim Dotcom
  • People
  • Up
  • Money

• Very, very broadly speaking, you can put directors into two areas: One for whom you work, and the other with whom you work. And I prefer the latter, for obvious reasons. It's a great relief to feel that you're working with someone rather than for someone.

  

  John Hurt
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