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.
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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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Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
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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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What I try to get beyond is playing music at people and, instead, to play music with people because audience members are constantly part of the experience. What they say in their body language, what they say in their eyes, what they sing with me... it's an 'us,' and there's a communication that's like... it's like church, man.
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When we behold the face of God, all memories of pain and suffering will vanish. Our souls shall be totally healed.
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. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would have pushed me into a money-making profession; as a mere woman I could carve out a career of disinterested research.
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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.
