Melvin Van Peebles Quotes
I'm not a cinematic cinematic person. I go to the movies like I did back when I was a kid. I go to the movies and I sit down. If the music works, hmm. If it doesn't work, hmm. The whole concept of the thing, not as one piece here or there. For me, music is a large part.
Melvin Van Peebles
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
Cara Buono
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
Fran Lebowitz
I think Sharon is anti-Israeli because it's in the interest of Israel to understand the problems of the other side.
Daniel Barenboim
'suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.'
Charles Dickens
In 1995, I made a website, and half the web came to see it, and I thought, 'Man, that's it, that's what I want to do.'
Jeffrey Zeldman
I combine magic and science to create illusions. I work with new media and interactive technologies, things like artificial intelligence or computer vision, and integrate them in my magic.
Marco Tempest
When people in stadiums do the Wave, it's the group-mind collective organism spontaneously organizing itself to express an emotion, pass time, and reflect the joy of seeing the rhythms of many as one, a visual rhyming or music in which everyone senses where the motion is going.
Jerry Saltz
Companies don't like uncertainty; travelers don't like uncertainty.
Dara Khosrowshahi
I've been spending this last month trying to find four outfits to wear to the different premieres of The Two Towers. It's hard work.
Liv Tyler
I always order soup, dessert, and a sandwich or whatever main course. But then the idea is you have to eat such a small portion of it and bring the rest home.
Lisa Lampanelli
My fear in converting it to 3-D is that people will say, 'Oh, it's the 3-D 'Clash of the Titans.' No, it's 'Clash of the Titans,' the movie, and then, on top of that, you have the 3-D conversion. The 2-D movie works as well as the 3-D movie. I want to make sure that people like the 2-D version.
Louis Leterrier
The citizens must be certain that the governor is attending to the duties for which he was elected.
Bob McDonnell
The cottage garden; most for use designed, Yet not of beauty destitute.
Charlotte Smith
I wouldn't be here without Girls' Generation. If there were no Girls' Generation, there would be no me.
Jessica Jung
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
Igor Stravinsky
The business side of film has goofed up so many things, but even that's changing. It happened to the music industry and now it's happening to the film studios. It's crazy what's going on. But artists should have control of their work; especially if, as I always say, you never turn down a good idea and never take a bad idea.
David Lynch
The Platters
I write a lot of my music, but not all of it. I have always subscribed to the 'best song wins' theory when making an album.
Chris Young
I'm not a cinematic cinematic person. I go to the movies like I did back when I was a kid. I go to the movies and I sit down. If the music works, hmm. If it doesn't work, hmm. The whole concept of the thing, not as one piece here or there. For me, music is a large part.
Melvin Van Peebles