William Friedkin Quotes
I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.
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I've had young women come to me and say that before they watched 'Voyager' it didn't really occur to them that they could be successful in a higher position in the field of science; girls going to MIT, girls pursuing astrophysics with a view to a career in NASA.
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Depression is the most unpleasant thing I have ever experienced. … It is that absence of being able to envisage that you will ever be cheerful again. The absence of hope. That very deadened feeling, which is so very different from feeling sad. Sad hurts but it's a healthy feeling. It's a necessary thing to feel. Depression is very different.
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I didn't even know what a tour manager was, but I was the tour manager, booking agent, all that stuff for almost two years without knowing it. I wasn't overwhelmed, because I enjoyed doing it.
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At the end of the day, I pray for the best.
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The most important thing for anyone, I think, is to be engaged, whether you're an artist or a journalist is to be engaged in the process at some level.
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Well, you know, when you go into a restaurant, one of the scariest things is the wine list, so whenever I'm really feeling intimidated, I'll just pick a wine type, like a Chianti or Brunello or a Burgundy, and I'll pick a year that's missing and ask for that one.
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Eleven years old is not an early age to set your sight on the Olympics for a gymnast, because we normally peak in high school. I first qualified for the Olympics team during my sophomore year in high school, when I was 15 years old.
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I grew up mostly in Schenectady, N.Y. From an early age, building and creating things was a real passion for me.
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To me, the AMC brand is great storytelling - they call it slow-burn storytelling.
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I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.
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When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make it interesting.
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I was clear that I wanted to do music and I wanted to write songs. But I wasn't clear about how I was going to make that happen. I wrote loads of songs but didn't want to show them to anyone.
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Sharpe's sword was lucky. There was a soldier's goddess and her name was Fate and she had liked the sword Harper made for Sharpe. The Kligenthal was stained with the blood of friends, with the torture of flayed priests, and the beautiful sword contained not luck, but evil.
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I teach well. I used to really like teaching a lot. I enjoyed it a lot and I was good at it.
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She came in and enjoyed some success as a freshman and sophomore and then she got voted as a captain. She's been a tremendous leader, a solid performer and we're going to miss her bright smile every day.
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I don't think anyone enjoyed it. Apart from the people who watched it.
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If you are with the right person, it brings out the best version of you.
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All the older men are going for younger women, leaving the women with no one.
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...now that everyone could vote from home, via the OASIS, the only people who could get elected were movie stars, reality TV personalities, or radical televangelists.
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We never make sport of religion, politics, race or mothers. A mother never gets hit with a custard pie. Mothers-in-law-yes. But mothers-never.
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I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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So that is how I ended up with those two titles, I like Accidentally on Purpose better - it is how we work in our trade - is it really an accident, or is there a thread of destiny in there? That was the intention, I am not sure I found out.
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I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.
