Chris Menges Quotes
You don't want to have to chase the action. Get yourself in the right place and the action comes to you.
Quotes to Explore
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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I think that everything starts to go to hell when you start smelling your own farts and complimenting yourself on how great they smell. We're not going to turn into fart-smellers.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
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I started writing 'The Lord of Opium' in 2008 and produced about 80 pages before disaster struck. Three eye operations nearly put an end to my career.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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Tech companies tend to do tech best.
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I think it's natural when a team has such high expectations, under .500 halfway through the season, they're going to go after a brand new coach.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
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I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
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I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
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I probably dreamt about running off to America or something when I was 16 because it just seemed like I was studying algebra and going, 'What am I going to use this for?'
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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Every woman who thinks she is the only victim of violence has to know that there are many more.
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There's always a fine line between being too focused and missing opportunities, or being too wide and taking on too many.
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Diplomacy in a sense is the opposite of writing. You have to disperse yourself so much: the lady who comes in crying because she's had a fight with the secretary; exports and imports; students in trouble; thumbtacks for the embassy.
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The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.
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Treat yourself with love and respect, and you will attract people who show you love and respect.
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You don't want to have to chase the action. Get yourself in the right place and the action comes to you.
