Francis Alys Quotes

In the eye of the tornado, there's no more high and low, no floor and sky.

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• If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.

  

  Ed Harris
  • Job
  • Think
  • Right

• Movies are usually difficult, often insane, constantly challenging and always strangely amusing to make.

  

  Yahoo Serious
  • Always
  • Movies
  • Difficult

• I've been in more laps than a napkin.

  

  Mae West
  • More
  • Been
  • Napkin

• Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.

  

  Tallulah Bankhead
  • Me
  • Like
  • Trouble

• Having a book censored means something. It means you have deeply offended one or more people who felt they needed to protect unsuspecting readers from your inflammatory words, thoughts, and images.

  

  Felice Picano
  • People
  • Book
  • Words

• We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Women
  • Support
  • Decision

• I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Musician
  • Singer
  • Untraine

• Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • Change
  • Opportunities

• You can do anything as long as you have the passion, the drive, the focus, and the support.

  

  Sabrina Bryan
  • Long
  • Support
  • Passion

• We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Balance
  • Financial
  • Decisions

• Some of the most amazing people I've met in life are cops.

  

  Omari Hardwick
  • People
  • Life
  • Amazing

• What's more important to 'SNL': comedy or buzz? To the writers, players and guest hosts, it's probably the former; to Lorne Michaels and the suits at NBC, it's ultimately probably the latter.

  

  Rachel Sklar
  • Important
  • Comedy
  • Suits

• Each day, each one of us chooses not to do many things that would be legal but offensive to those around us.

  

  Ralph Peters
  • Day
  • Legal
  • Offensive

• The next time a former child star is in the news, look at the age at which he or she started performing. Then imagine making a life-changing decision at that age. Chances are good he or she wasn't the one who made it.

  

  Mara Wilson
  • Life
  • Time
  • Good

• Nobody would let us do 'Crisis' again.

  

  D. A. Pennebaker
  • Crisis
  • Nobody
  • Again

• To hear the appreciation, the screams - that's what any of us need. We're at our best when we're wanted.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Best
  • Appreciation
  • Hear

• 'The Lego Movie?' I've never heard of it.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Movie
  • Never
  • Heard

• As a kid, there was a painting of 'Appeal to the Great Spirit' that I would see when I would get oatmeal bowls out of the cupboard. This painting, it was so real to me that it frightened me.

  

  Lance Henriksen
  • Great
  • Real
  • Me

• My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town.

  

  Camille Claudel
  • Will
  • Town
  • Fountain

• I wasn't a good student in high school. I wanted to go to college, but they weren't exactly beating down my door to offer me admission, and it's so expensive in the U.S. If you join up for a period, the army will pay your school and provide a stipend.

  

  Kevin Powers
  • Up
  • Good
  • School

• In recent years, America's wealthiest man has begun to tackle energy issues in a major way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity batteries to machines that can scrub carbon dioxide out of the air. With a personal fortune of $50 billion, Gates has the resources to give his favorite solutions a major boost.

  

  Jeff Goodell
  • America
  • High
  • Energy

• Nowadays young people have great choice of occupations, hobbies, etc, so chess is experiencing difficulties because of the high competition. Now it's hard to make living in chess, so our profession does attract young people.

  

  Boris Spassky
  • People
  • Great
  • High

• The recognition of confusion is itself a form of clarity.

  

  Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar
  • Recognition
  • Confusion
  • Clarity

• In the eye of the tornado, there's no more high and low, no floor and sky.

  

  Francis Alys
  • High
  • Sky
  • Floor