George Cukor Quotes
From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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There's been a couple of guys who have gotten me. I used to say Adrian Gonzalez. He's a good lefty hitter; he's hit a few home runs off of me. They were a couple of mistakes, so if you make your pitches, you're more likely to have a better outcome.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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He who would not be idle, let him fall in love.
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On paper I would be a rather bold individual in our culture.
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Of course there are times when I think, 'I'd be better out of this.'
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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In his enigmatic and cunning story 'The Crown of Feathers,' Isaac Bashevis Singer refuses to produce uncontradictory evidence of God's will but rather mixes all signals, jams the evidence, stalls every conclusion.
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Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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When clients come to my design agency and say 'I want to be the Apple of this or that,' we say 'Okay, are you ready to be the Steve Jobs?' Few are up to the task.
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I got more bands and went on the road and turn down more movies than you would believe.
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My legs are really long and that's cool apparently, but I'm totally klutzy. I mean, I'm like Bambi. I fall all over myself because I can't control my arms and my really long legs.
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I want people to come away from my book with questions. Questions about virtue and goodness. Not answers.
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I like to be loved or hated – I don't like mediocre. So I'd rather have the entire crowd hate me than to have 90% hate me.
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You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.
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Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends his son to die for you.
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If the moral good of fiction stems mainly from a habit of mind it inculcates in the reader, styles are neither good nor bad, and to describe some fictional enterprises as false is pointless.
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Make your mind learn its way around the heart.
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From the director's point of view, it's infinitely easier to do violence than to do a good dramatic scene.
