Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr. (Van Heflin) Quotes

You knew when a woman loves you like that, she can love you with every card in the deck and then pull a knife across your throat the next morning.

Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr.

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• I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.

  

  F. Gary Gray
  • Great
  • Success
  • Road

• I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • People
  • Me
  • Daily

• Good argument is intended to persuade another.

  

  Barry Eisler
  • Good
  • Argument
  • Another

• I'm interested in morality and mortality, and 'Deadpool' kind of has all of these themes.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Kind
  • Morality
  • Mortality

• My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Mother
  • Everything

• I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.

  

  Iman
  • Father
  • Science
  • Political

• Well I think that what we're seeing now is that the people feel like they, the people in Congress don't have their consent to govern them. They keep doing things that are incredibly unpopular. And so when that happens, folks get angry.

  

  Laura Ingraham
  • People
  • Think
  • Doing

• The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.

  

  Warren Bennis
  • Challenges
  • Leader
  • Manager

• I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.

  

  L. Ron Hubbard
  • Life
  • Up
  • Hope

• 'Firewall' seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides 'military' and 'government?'

  

  Adam McKay
  • Time
  • Government
  • Military

• Live shows are pretty much like the center of the storm... where the power comes from, the most raw experience. That's the juice. That's where we hit the hardest.

  

  Watkin Tudor Jones
  • Live
  • Experience
  • Power

• I was in Nashville quite a bit when I shot 'Nashville,' and I was in Los Angeles when I shot in 'Supergirl'.

  

  Laura Benanti
  • Los Angeles
  • Bit
  • Nashville

• I was about to give up acting when I got the call about being short-listed for 'Dangal.'

  

  Fatima Sana Shaikh
  • Up
  • Acting
  • Give

• I think I was 9, and my mom ordered them for me from a catalogue. They bred like crazy, and I was selling gerbils all around Michigan. They wrote a story about me in the local newspaper.

  

  K. A. Applegate
  • Me
  • Mom
  • Crazy

• I have a strong desire to communicate what I feel about the world. That's exciting to me.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • World
  • Strong
  • Me

• For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.

  

  C. J. Cherryh
  • World
  • Art
  • Science

• When I was younger, I didn't have that type of person that I could look up to and be like, 'OK, this is someone who dresses like me and I relate to.' I didn't have that growing up, so to give that opportunity to a younger generation of women - and not just Somali women, but anyone who feels different - that means a lot to me.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Up
  • Different
  • Women

• For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
  • Time
  • Understanding
  • First

• My mother introduced me to many different things, and figure skating was one of them. I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

  

  Debi Thomas
  • Different
  • Mother

• I usually get up between 7 A.M. and 8 A.M., have coffee, and go right to work. It's really important not to get sidetracked in the morning so I'm still in that dreamy state for my writing.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • Up
  • Work
  • Important

• She pulled it off, ... It was her voice and that take-no-prisoners attitude when she's onstage, she was just out there, hungry to be the star.

  

  Lamont Dozier
  • She
  • Star
  • Attitude

• You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • You
  • Always
  • Talent

• I couldn't get Him out of my head. Still can't. I spent three solid days thinking about Him. The more He bothered me, the less I coul forget Him. And the more I learned about Him, the less I wanted to leave Him.

  

  Yann Martel
  • Thinking
  • Forget
  • Three

• You knew when a woman loves you like that, she can love you with every card in the deck and then pull a knife across your throat the next morning.

  

  Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin Jr.
  • She
  • Morning
  • Love You