George Cukor Quotes
I suppose they call me a woman's director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I'm a big fan of Katy Perry.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Nice guys finish first. If you don't know that, then you don't know where the finish line is.
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Vulnerable young women are being brainwashed by the radical lies of ISIS militants in the Middle East.
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
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But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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When I throw a ground ball, I expect it to be an out, maybe two.
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The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up.
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I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.
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I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
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Radio is a really strange business now, too. There's a very narrow door and a very few people control what gets played.
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I think folks who are resistant to engaging in art become less so once they encounter art that really reflects them.
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I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.
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And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
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I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.
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I suppose they call me a woman's director because there were all these movie queens in the old days, and I directed most of them. But I also directed Jack Barrymore and Ronald Colman and James Stewart, to name a few.
