Robert Wise Quotes
I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was?
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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I exercise every morning. I do light weights - 5lb and 10lb arm exercises - and then lie and lift my arms and legs. It's all about keeping core strength. I do a lot of stretching too.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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Everyone is capable of everything.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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I've been lucky to have a lot of opportunities to help people.
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I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most.
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It’s a poor atom blaster that won’t point both ways.
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Acting was always something I loved doing, but I didn't know that I would pursue it professionally. I really loved doing plays at school, but I was in a rock band and ended up going to a school for music.
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Although some people call me anti-feminist, I know I wasn't because Germaine Greer supported me.
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I think that we're trying to look at all of our assets and figure out what's the best use and where we need to make investments in infrastructure to enable the projects that we want.
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Ethnic prejudice has no place in sports, and baseball must recognize that truth if it is to maintain stature as a national game.
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Well, I think women across Australia, particularly, are a bit fed up with this constant attack and belittling of women in politics, and particularly the role of a female as a prime minister.
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I kind of look like every other girl, walking around.
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The great artists of music have always innovated and boldly changed the game, but the industry itself has not.
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The biggest challenge during competition is keeping my real legs warm with clothing, because I have poor circulation in the tissue around the amputated areas.
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The price of a stock is strongly influenced by the behavior of the traders in a nontrivial way.
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I think there's a couple of things going on. One is that Trump's relationship with his base is not the traditional relationship of a politician and the people who elected him, and the constituency, which is a relationship of some accountability, right? The idea is that the politicians are working for the people. They're public servants.
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Brain surgery couldn't happen without the patient's own active voice to guide the work. The patient is part of the surgical team here, perhaps the most important part, and above all, that's what makes neurosurgery different.
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Our humanitarian aid system is sick and needs to be fixed. It needs to get a reality check and get back humanity.
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I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that we couldn't function in the world without stereotypes.
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I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.
