Miranda Otto Quotes

You can make the best show in the world, but if people don't actually turn it on and see it, they'll never know it's the best show.

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• German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.

  

  Pankaj Mishra
  • Literature
  • First
  • German

• You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Real
  • You
  • Need

• I have always loathed working out.

  

  Tea Leoni
  • Always
  • Working
  • Out

• A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.

  

  Rainer Maria Rilke
  • Relationship
  • Conversation

• It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • You
  • Laugh
  • Easier

• There's a classic element that all good Disney movies have. It really comes down to the storytelling, I think. It manages to push all of these buttons inside of us; there's a sentimentality.

  

  Mandy Moore
  • Good
  • Think
  • Down

• Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Justice
  • Doing
  • Injustice

• Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
  • Important
  • Responsibility
  • Moral

• I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.

  

  Daisy Berkowitz
  • Me
  • Tool
  • saw

• As a businessman, I saw club tracks as a new franchise that could be profitable for years to come. It was like being in McDonald's and realizing that even though cheeseburgers and fries sold big, you could also make money serving up McRibs, which are always available for a limited time only.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Up
  • Time
  • Money

• Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

  

  Bruce Lee
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• Make no mistake about it. I don't want a man in here to go back home thinking otherwise; we are going to win.

  

  Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Thinking
  • Home
  • Mistake

• I can't imagine anything more important than air, water, soil, energy and biodiversity. These are the things that keep us alive.

  

  David Suzuki
  • Important
  • Energy
  • Water

• And Seattle isn't really crazy anymore. It's a big dot-com city.

  

  Krist Novoselic Nirvana
  • City
  • Crazy

• A mentor, a 'teacher,' is like an editor. I absolutely value my editor, who is my teacher.

  

  David Bergen
  • Value
  • Teacher
  • Mentor

• I can tell you where my Tonys are. They're in a beautiful place in my living room, in a glass cabinet.

  

  Chita Rivera
  • Beautiful

• My thing was play as hard as you can, don't be stupid, pay attention to details, and have enough guts in the clutch that you're not afraid to make a play. Some things I thought were important for a young man to know.

  

  Joe Paterno
  • Important
  • Attention
  • Stupid

• I like to rehearse. We did a lot of rehearsals for 'Moneyball,' but it is really individual to the actor. It's not like, 'Here is my process, everybody. Fit in.'

  

  Bennett Miller

• I do not expect that homeopathy will ever be established as a legitimate form of treatment, but I do expect that it will continue to be popular.

  

  James Randi
  • Popular

• Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • People
  • Good
  • Great

• Being able to sing all these years has helped me handle life's tragedies.

  

  Clara Ann Fowler
  • Life

• When I was a physics major in the late 1970s, my very few fellow female students and I had high hopes that women would soon stand equal with men in science. But progress has proved slower than many of us imagined.

  

  Margaret Wertheim
  • Men
  • Women
  • High

• You can make the best show in the world, but if people don't actually turn it on and see it, they'll never know it's the best show.

  

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