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.Chris Menges
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The toute ensemble was such as to make polished society blush, when compared with these savages.
Zebulon Pike -
People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
Damon Hill -
Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
Barton Gellman -
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.
D. B. Weiss -
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.
Palmer Luckey -
Symbolism is alright in 'fiction,' but I tell true life stories simply about what happened to people I knew.
Jack Kerouac
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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.
Adam Davidson -
Tech companies tend to do tech best.
Sam Altman -
Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
Mae West -
When you have the first show set in India on American television, there's gonna be a Nervous Nellie kind of vibe.
Parvesh Cheena -
Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
Ugo Betti -
I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
R. Lee Ermey
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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.
Ian MacKaye -
I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.
K. Flay -
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?'
Carey Mulligan -
The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
Zoe Sugg -
Occupy yourself in beholding and bewailing your own imperfections rather than contemplating the imperfections of others.
Saint Ignatius -
I love my work, I love the people I work with, I do the best I can.
Mandy Patinkin
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I think, on a larger note, that filmmakers and studios should start to tuck it in a little bit, because films wouldn't have the pressure they have if the word wasn't out about how expensive they were.
Ted Demme -
On Jan. 30, millions of Iraqis will cast ballots in the country's first fair and free election in decades, marking continued progress in Iraq's transition toward a country built on the pillars of democracy and freedom for all.
Jim Gerlach -
Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.
Ronan Farrow -
The whole world can hit a fastball if it's in the right place. I just try to change it up.
Felix Hernandez -
You don't want to have to chase the action. Get yourself in the right place and the action comes to you.
Chris Menges