William Friedkin Quotes

I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it.

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• It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • People
  • Work
  • Music

• Principles are a dangerous form of social dynamite.

  

  Katharine Anthony
  • Dangerous
  • Principles

• South Africa is highly politicised; even small issues become politicised, and it becomes quite bitter.

  

  Damon Galgut
  • Small
  • Bitter
  • Africa

• In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.

  

  Carlos Slim
  • School
  • History
  • High

• My first priority is trying to protect my family.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Family
  • First
  • Priority

• There might be a proper age to know how to tell a story, but there's no proper age to start telling them.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Age
  • Know
  • Start

• When we fall in love, we feel that this person is ours and we are theirs by our mutual volition, and we know they could leave - we know that because they are free, and their freedom is part of the thrill.

  

  Samantha Harvey
  • Freedom
  • Person
  • Feel

• I went to L'Academie de Cuisine in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and I think French cooking is the basis for a lot of classical cuisine, a foundation of a lot of other cuisines. That said, it's not the only way to approach a cooking career.

  

  Carla Hall
  • Think
  • Career
  • Cooking

• The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Time
  • World
  • Hope

• But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.

  

  Barney Frank
  • Healthy
  • Clear
  • Inequality

• One of my favorite films is 1994's 'Little Women', with Winona Ryder and Kirsten Dunst.

  

  Kara Hayward
  • Women
  • Favorite
  • Little

• I am thrilled to return as Honorary Captain of the GREEKs for HBCUs Team. I reflect fondly on my days at Florida A&M University, and how visible and active all of the sororities and fraternities were. Membership in Black Greek letter organizations on college campuses is preparation for a lifetime of service.

  

  T'Keyah Crystal Keymah
  • Black
  • Team
  • College

• I spent a lot of my life schlepping around New York with people not doing things for me.

  

  Debbie Gibson
  • People
  • Life

• Isn't she lovely made from love?

  

  Stevie Wonder
  • Love
  • She
  • Made

• If God is the Creator of the entire universe, then it must follow that He is the Lord of the whole universe. No part of the world is outside of His lordship. That means that no part of my life must be outside of His lordship.

  

  R. C. Sproul
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  • World
  • God

• I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.

  

  Janet Jackson
  • Good
  • Great
  • Thinking

• If there is one single molecule in this universe running around loose, totally free of God’s sovereignty, then we have no guarantee that a single promise of God will ever be fulfilled.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Free
  • Running

• Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.

  

  William Hague
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• I was always really into the music rather than the scene.

  

  Rhona Mitra
  • Scene

• It is the great inspector, with a myriad eyes, who never sleeps, and whose daily reports are submitted, not to a functionary or department, but to the whole people.

  

  William Thomas Stead
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• Beauty is the lowest common denominator: I don't care what they say - every girl, every woman, wants to feel pretty and empowered and beautiful, within their own definition of beautiful. I love fashion, I love shopping, but I love beauty more because I love the science of it.

  

  Eva Chen
  • Science
  • Fashion
  • Beauty

• I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it.

  

  William Friedkin
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