Jonathan Demme Quotes

The excitement of wading into 'reality' and just finding out what happens - and then the challenge of selecting those things that happened and shaping them in the editing into a narrative that will have appeal and be engaging - is a great, great thrill.

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• At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.

  

  Gavin O'Connor
  • Trying
  • Experience
  • Challenge

• The earth laughs in flowers.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Nature
  • Earth
  • Flowers

• I got fired for giving coffee away. It was just my regulars. I'd say, 'Don't worry about it,' and they'd put down a dollar tip. Technically, I was stealing. Ethically, I was boosting morale!

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Giving
  • Worry
  • Coffee

• A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.

  

  Han Fei
  • Father
  • Son
  • Ruler

• When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.

  

  Nate Holland
  • Happy
  • Always
  • Working

• I think that that's so true for a lot of first responder families and military families. If you ask them, 'Is there anything I can do for you?', they almost always will not ask for that help.

  

  Taya Kyle
  • True
  • Help
  • Military

• The flesh is the surface of the unknown.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Unknown
  • Surface
  • Flesh

• I like to know that when I'm 90 years old, I'm going to be able to look at a song or poem I wrote and say, 'Wow! I remember I was so crazy about this person,' or 'I remember what that day felt like.'

  

  Camila Cabello Fifth Harmony
  • Remember
  • Song
  • Day

• I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.

  

  G-Eazy
  • Long
  • Day
  • Radio

• Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.

  

  Jack Kingston
  • World
  • System
  • Driver

• I learn my songs by ear.

  

  Kate Smith
  • Learn
  • Songs
  • Ear

• To read too many books is harmful.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Books
  • Read
  • Too

• We anticipate countries increasing their spending on infrastructure like railways, airports, power plants and ports. Our heavy forging plant has the capacity to cater to each of these segments.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • Power
  • Plant
  • Plants

• Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut.

  

  Larry Elder
  • Equal
  • Only
  • Washington

• Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

  

  Hannah More
  • Heart
  • Forgiveness
  • Anger

• Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation.

  

  Ed Pastor
  • Important
  • Health
  • Quality

• Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review.

  

  Otto Schily
  • People
  • Time
  • Decision

• I am not interested in slickness for the sake of slickness.

  

  Ralph Bakshi
  • Interested
  • Slickness

• I would be a drudge now, among the tents, and I would kneel before the warriors, and run from them when they shouted at me. I would be a woman, as women were reckoned in this place, a half-souled, witless animal, created to bear and pleasure men: an afterthought of the god.

  

  Tanith Lee
  • God
  • Men
  • Women

• I've always wanted to have kids. I do think I would be a great mom.

  

  Khloe Kardashian
  • Great
  • Kids
  • Mom

• In getting Under Armour started, like any business, I think, number one, you need a great idea.

  

  Kevin Plank
  • Great
  • Business

• This is a tremendous opportunity to be named head coach of the Brooklyn Nets, and it's a role I have been studying for over the course of my playing days.

  

  Jason Kidd
  • Opportunity

• The excitement of wading into 'reality' and just finding out what happens - and then the challenge of selecting those things that happened and shaping them in the editing into a narrative that will have appeal and be engaging - is a great, great thrill.

  

  Jonathan Demme
  • Great
  • Reality
  • Challenge