Nora Ephron Quotes
One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: you are.
Quotes to Explore
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Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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You can't win if you don't play as a unit.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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Normally I don't watch myself, because I'm not very objective.
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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.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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The Qur'an, the universe, and humanity are three kinds of manifestations of one truth.
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As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.
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I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.
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Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
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My idea for 'BoneMan's Daughters' came from the loss of my own daughter when she left home to live with a monster at age 18. I wanted to throttle the man, but she was in love, so all I could do was hope, pray and cry.
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I just love dancing.
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I know I should keep this a secret, but Celine Dion is something of an icon to me.
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I stopped doing standup because it stopped being fun. And the reason it stopped being fun was it was harder to write - and this was before the Internet - it was harder to write new stuff. It had gotten so crazy.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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I'm virile, vigorous, and potent!
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I know who Jack Whittaker is. And some days I don't like who I am.
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We write because we believe the human spirit cannot be tamed and should not be trained.
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In the giraffe with a total height of 5 m., the heart is at a height of about 2.5 m., and it would be extremely interesting to know just how the giraffe avoids the development of filtration oedema in its long legs.
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One of the best things about directing movies, as opposed to merely writing them, is that there's no confusion about who's to blame: you are.
