Vittorio De Sica Quotes
I've lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I'm glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief.
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Today, not to take away from any of the present artists, but music has gotten a little shallow, in my opinion. Everybody's talking about the same thing: sex, money, clothes, cheating... I want to open up not necessarily better conversations, but, in my opinion, more important ones, and touch on things that are actually going on.
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When you write a play, you work out like a musician on a piece of music. You find all the rhythms and the melody and the harmonies and take them as they come.
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House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.
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My interest in magic was kindled by Steve Martin, the comedian I'd gone to high school with.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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You only get one chance in this thing called life. I know that is a bit maudlin and obscure, but it's a fact, and you can make a profound difference in people's lives without having a title in front of your name.
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If you're only going to give away 50 percent of your wealth... c'mon. I'm going to do much more than that.
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My job was to get a fair and open hearing to all ideas.
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My kitchen looks like the one from my childhood - very homey, with a little bit of Alice in Wonderland!
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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I wasn't anything special as a father. But I loved them and they knew it.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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When you play piano, your left hand and right hand are synced. Your brain basically has a clock, so that the right hand knows that 0.3 seconds after I hit this key, I need to hit that one. And the right hand knows not to hit keys that the left hand is playing, so the hands do not collide.
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I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.
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I think a lot of the American people feel more than a little disappointed that the high-water mark for human exploration was 1969. The dream of human space travel has almost died for a lot of people.
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We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.
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I think I've changed a little bit. I don't know whether it's for the better or for the worse at the moment. I've settled into a different mind frame now... being a bit wilder maybe!
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Every blessing ignored becomes a curse.
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I was fortunate to work with actors who loved music too. Just seeing what it would do to their manner and their faces was great and it helped give the story a little more soul.
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I've lost all my money on these films. They are not commercial. But I'm glad to lose it this way. To have for a souvenir of my life pictures like Umberto D. and The Bicycle Thief.
