Molly Ringwald Quotes

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

Molly Ringwald

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• We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.

  

  Jack Williamson
  • Great
  • Kids
  • Imagination

• I don't deal in pretentious kids' parties.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Kids
  • Deal
  • Pretentious

• Film is anti-language.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Film

• That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.

  

  J. C. Chandor
  • Long
  • Way
  • Film

• Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • People
  • World
  • Important

• Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Film
  • Tiger
  • Original

• A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

  

  Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • World
  • Hero
  • Heroic

• People say, 'How does having kids change your writing? Do you see the world through their eyes?' No - you just become a faster songwriter... In the old days, you'd be like, 'Oh I'm gonna work on this song for a few days.'

  

  Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam
  • People
  • World
  • Work

• The more understanding we have about what's going on in our own brain will just make us more capable in our own jobs, in telling our kids we love them, and living a fulfilling life.

  

  Sam Jaeger
  • Life
  • Love
  • Kids

• I want to just be what kids believe in.

  

  Quvenzhane Wallis
  • Believe
  • Kids
  • Want

• I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • Film
  • Enjoy
  • Role

• With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.

  

  Zosia Mamet
  • Long
  • Film
  • Doing

• What do we want our kids to do? Sweep up around Japanese computers?

  

  Walter F. Mondale
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Want

• A film has its own life and takes its own time.

  

  Aaron Eckhart
  • Life
  • Time
  • Film

• I would love to continue in music, with writing... but I am not the kind of person who will hang around if I start to become irrelevant. If that happens, I will bow down gracefully, raise my kids, and have a garden. And I am going to let my hair go gray when I am older. I don't need to be blonde when I'm 60!

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Music
  • Kids
  • Person

• We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.

  

  Mae Jemison
  • People
  • Up
  • Live

• When I was a kid, we all knew who Niki Lauda was. He was a hero, a living legend in Germany. Everybody knows him. And he's still very present on TV because he's commenting for Formula One.

  

  Daniel Bruhl
  • Present
  • Hero
  • Living

• When I am not working, I try to watch more than one film a day if I can.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Day
  • Film
  • Working

• I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.

  

  Wade Boggs
  • Life
  • Kids
  • Young

• The question is the primary form of communication for little kids.

  

  Jim Gaffigan
  • Kids
  • Communication

• It will be true work that the kids can follow, as opposed to a facade of you doin' something, and you're doin' nothing.

  

  Wyclef Jean Fugees
  • Kids
  • Facade
  • True Work

• Earth, thou great footstool of our God, who reigns on high; thou fruitful source of all our raiment, life, and food; our house, our parent, and our nurse.

  

  Isaac Watts
  • Life
  • House
  • Earth

• Capitalistic society teaches kids to be No. 1, but true self-esteem doesn't come from money. It doesn't come from winning the Super Bowl.

  

  Jim Brown
  • Money
  • Kids
  • True

• I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

  

  Molly Ringwald
  • Kids
  • Film
  • Hero