John Schlesinger Quotes
I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself.
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There's a way in which you can look at clothing as your outer skin. And because you were discriminated against because of your complexion, the way in which you could overcome that was through the way in which you presented yourself with your clothing.
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I was the official wedding photographer at one of my best friends' weddings. Fortunately she was one of the most easygoing brides ever, so she made it easy for me.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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We live on the circumference of a hollow circle. We draw the circumference, like spiders, out of ourselves: it is all criticism of criticism.
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I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized.
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I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars.
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The waste basket is the writer's best friend.
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Americans wanted to settle all our difficulties with Russia and then go to the movies and drink Coke.
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Every man is his own hell.
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Games are getting more interesting. I mean, when we talk about books, they can be anything from a summer blockbuster to 'War and Peace' - well, games are the same. I think the creative side is catching up with the technology.
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Literature has to serve as a moral control of politics.
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Your future takes precedence over your past. Focus on your future, rather than on the past.
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The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.
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The principal might yield a greater sum,Yet handled ill, amounts but to this crumb;
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During the course of many years of investigation into the plant life of the world, creating new forms, modifying old ones, adapting others to new conditions, and blending still others, I have constantly been impressed with the similarity between the organization and development of plant and human life.
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The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism.
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I'm so socially awkward. I really had to put myself out there and meet new people.
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The people at my label are always endorsing what I say. They say, 'You see the truth, so speak it.' They believe in me. They respect my opinion. At least I have an opinion, and I'm not trying to play it safe. I don't go around saying, 'I think everyone is great, and the world is fantastic.' Everyone has opinions. They just don't say it.
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You pick up loads of baggage with your first record with reaction to it from fans and critics. So I went to Ireland by myself for a couple of weeks with my guitar. I read lots of poetry, I read Patti Smith's autobiography and started words and phrases and then songs started to take shape.
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In an inconspicuous way, Gretchen Parlato knows how to play the same instrument that Frank Sinatra played. There's no one out there like Gretchen.
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I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself.
