Nicholas Ray (Raymond Nicholas Kienzle Jr) Quotes
In the theatre, words are eighty to eighty-five percent of the importance of what is happening to you for your comprehension. In film, words are about twenty percent. It's a different figure, but it's almost an opposite ratio. For the words are only a little bit of embroidery, a little bit of lacework.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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You eat and sleep it all day long and play on the streets until mom calls you in. My story is no different than anybody else's.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.
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My problem is I can't show any of my movies to my daughters. It's tough. 'Beauty and the Beast'... they liked it. But that's the only one, really. Otherwise, they've always been dark or violent.
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I've heard this before from people: early 20s kind of screws with your head a little bit because you're transitioning into adulthood and actually becoming an adult with responsibilities and paying bills. So all of a sudden, it's like you're responsible now.
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Our world is increasingly interdependent and pluralistic, and in order to ensure a civil future, we must get to know one another.
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I was born a singer. I need to do that.
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Sometimes the storyline is as simple as, 'We're just going to be the best, and we're going for the championships.
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What I like least about acting is that when you're only in one place, you're missing the other part of life.
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I knew I was destined to be a rock star. I just knew it, like I've always had the power of foresight. I feel right now exactly the way I felt after I finished mixing my first solo album 'New York Groove'.
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The number one priority in life is to take care of yourself and make sure you're happy.
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To James's intimates, however, these elaborate hesitancies, far from being an obstacle, were like a cobweb bridge flung from his mind to theirs, an invisible passage over which one knew that silver-footed ironies, veiled jokes, tiptoe malices, were stealing to explode a huge laugh at one's feet.
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The self really is an illusion-and realizing this is the basis of spiritual life.
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What this denomination stands for is, really, is the universal vision of all people being treated fairly under the law as God sees us in His sight.
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My music is nostalgic. The early Neil Sedaka songs are always catchy and very singable.
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I think it's useful, as a famous person, to have as little separation between the perception of you and how you really are - because otherwise I'd be sitting here thinking I'm keeping secrets, and wondering when you're going to find out.
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I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.
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More than comparing with somebody else, I'd prefer comparing my own work from film to film.
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Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.
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I really like lads and grew up with two brothers and all of their mates. I'm also close to several actors that I've played opposite.
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The good news, when you write with another, is that you never have an empty page in front of you. The bad news is... you never have an empty page in front of you.
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A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
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In the theatre, words are eighty to eighty-five percent of the importance of what is happening to you for your comprehension. In film, words are about twenty percent. It's a different figure, but it's almost an opposite ratio. For the words are only a little bit of embroidery, a little bit of lacework.
