Hugh Lofting Quotes
If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're never happy. They never settle down... You can see it in their eyes.
Quotes to Explore
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If I were to continue to work in an established mode, it stands to reason the work would be limited by this - that it would never surpass the prior work in quality.
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A story never looks as good as when the other fellow buys it.
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I tend not to wear accessories. I'm not one of those gals with a drawerful of amazing jewelry. I don't even have my ears pierced! But I have one bracelet that never comes off my wrist.
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
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One of my main weaknesses is a good movie. I'll just bawl my eyes out.
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just the determination to realize them.
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Now and then, I had moments of greatness, but I never knew how to duplicate it consistently.
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I think everyone in Hollywood works on multiple things because you never know what's going to happen with your projects.
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I have never said that people 'should' engage in armed attacks on the United States, but that such attacks are a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful U.S. policy.
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Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date.
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I can't think of a more pathetic situation for an actor than to do a film and not connect to it. And I pray to God that I never face that situation.
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Kubrick's films have life - they just never die.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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I've gone to war zones before and never got shot.
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The group-effort sound in recording of 'Sea Lion' is like, you really hear all the people in the room and hear them interlocking. There's a real freight-train energy of all these people at the same time playing.
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When I was in high school I got involved in the fringe theater scene in Chicago, and I met some openly gay people. I could see that it got better, that they were happy and loved and supported. I saw with my own eyes that it got better.
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There's no doubt that 'Lion' is an audience pleaser. I mean, I went to a lot of research screenings all over, in London and America and Australia, and the results were ridiculous, and the crowds were... they just loved the movie, so for me, my job is done.
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I went to South Africa on safari and came eye to eye with a beautiful leopard. We were so close; I was staring at him for a long time and I felt a recognition with my own nature.
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Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.
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American influence is not what it used to be.
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Fashion really is women's liberation in a lot of ways. Look at how many women in this country are depressed about how they look and how they think they have to look! It's really sad. And it's not about money.
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If I had my way... there wouldn't be a single lion or tiger in captivity anywhere in the world. They never take to it. They're never happy. They never settle down... You can see it in their eyes.
