Edith Head Quotes
Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
Quotes to Explore
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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Jessi is a great person. She really is. She's been a friend to me all through all my bad times, and she's understood what I was doing. She came up with that one saying, which was great.
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I've had enough boyfriends and enough issues. I'd seen enough train wrecks.
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I'm a machine man, and I head a machine.
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From the catbird seat, I've found poetry to be the necessary utterance it has always been in America.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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Close friends consider me a literary snob.
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Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
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I've been training quite hard.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.
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If I have to be typecast, I'd like it to be as Abraham Lincoln.
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When my daughter wanted a toy and I had to check the price of it before buying it - that was one of the worst feelings.
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I think I'll be single my whole life. It's entirely possible I'm going to end up alone. Because I don't want to make any sacrifices for my own development and achieving what I want to achieve, and I don't want a family to get in the way of that.
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At every sound check, I try to practice on the stage that we're gonna play on that night, 'cause every stage is different. Whether it's concrete or whether it's plywood or whether it's Plexiglas, it all requires different things. You can't dance on concrete as well as you can dance on Plexiglas.
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On immigration, Europe is in danger of displaying the worst of itself: selfishness, haphazard decision-making and rows between member states.
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I know intimately the struggle of trying to live your life and be yourself while feeling the pressure of an entire community on your shoulders.
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There's an expectation these days that novels - like any other consumer product - should be made on a production line, with one dropping from the conveyor belt every couple of years.
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Every different director has another language - for instance, Hitchcock does not like any bright color ever, unless the story says 'there goes the girl in a red dress.'
