Scott Frank Quotes
I usually write very few stage directions. I think a lot of that is a waste of time. The art of screenwriting is in its terseness, saying a lot with a little. I have no patience when I read a script where the writer describes this guy and what he's wearing and his glasses and his hair.Scott Frank
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
Damien Hirst -
I'm an actor who wants to do great parts, and I've been very fortunate, for a long time, to get meaty roles, and sometimes some of them are meatier than others.
Patrick Wilson -
My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
Jack Bowman -
There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
Jack Kemp -
Let's just say, if I weren't a model, I'd be a walking collage. I see my body as a blank canvas that's aching to be decorated; I find it all very fascinating.
Abbey Lee Kershaw -
We do not need to proselytise either by our speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically.
Mao Zedong -
When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction. It's a sensation, like a symphony with all of those layers and notes. I love the way it changes and the way it dries down. The fun thing about scent is that it's unique to everyone; pheromones take on a new scent.
L'Wren Scott -
Unfortunately, in the race to the most douchebaggery, Silicon Valley is fast in gaining on Hollywood. That race is neck and neck.
T. J. Miller -
I don't own cable, but my TV came with a Netflix button.
Cameron Dallas -
I am so lucky that throughout my career I've been able to play such different characters.
Madchen Amick -
In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.
H. P. Lovecraft
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I was raised Catholic and I'm Presbyterian now, but I've always been a Christian, regardless of denomination. I believe that Jesus is the way.
Patricia Heaton -
I wanted to figure out how long to cook things. I did some experiments and then wrote a program using Mathematica to model how heat is transferred through food.
Nathan Myhrvold -
Anybody who has spent time with the networks - in fact, you don't even have to spend time with the networks, all you have to do is just watch primetime TV - and you think, 'What the hell are they doing? I could run the network better.' And I think everybody feels that way.
Vicki Lawrence -
Exhibitions are kind of ephemeral moments, sometimes magic moments, and when they're gone, they're gone.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
It takes a couple of years just to get the background and knowledge that you need before you can go into detailed training for your mission.
Sally Ride -
Q: If you find so much that is unworthy of reverence in the United States, then why do you live here? A: Why do men go to zoos?
H. L. Mencken
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In its heyday, the blazer had come to symbolise a kind of conventional decency. Yacht club commodores and school bursars wore blazers. People who played bowls wore blazers.
Craig Brown -
Get the big idea and all else follows.
B. J. Palmer -
All I want to be is human and American and have all the same rights and I will shut up.
Martha Griffiths -
If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all.
Sean Connery -
I usually write very few stage directions. I think a lot of that is a waste of time. The art of screenwriting is in its terseness, saying a lot with a little. I have no patience when I read a script where the writer describes this guy and what he's wearing and his glasses and his hair.
Scott Frank