Curtis W. Fentress Quotes

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• I started to work in television for three or four years, in 1954. There was one channel of television, black and white. But it could be entertaining and educational. During the evening they showed important plays, opera or Shakespeare's tragedies.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Work
  • Important
  • Black

• I had such an amazing time filming 'Major Movie Star.' I loved everyone in the cast. They all brought their own spirit to the film, and I hope that is what will be seen on screen.

  

  Olesya Rulin
  • Time
  • Movie
  • Hope

• Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.

  

  Aaron Hill
  • Thoughts
  • Consequences

• The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Life
  • Up
  • Live

• The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.

  

  Dan Gilroy Breakfast Club
  • More
  • Now
  • Almost

• If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.

  

  S. E. Hinton
  • People
  • Woman
  • Dinner

• I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.

  

  Gail Z. Martin
  • Up
  • Always
  • New

• I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Watch
  • Him
  • Watched

• When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.

  

  Adam Davidson
  • Job
  • Easy
  • Finding

• The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it be natural or a terrorist attack, there's only one part of our entire government, state or local, that is equipped to handle it, and that's the U.S. military.

  

  Warren Rudman
  • You
  • Government
  • Military

• You cannot be in pretend for people to like you.

  

  Victoria Azarenka
  • People
  • You
  • Like

• Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Will
  • Strength
  • Physical

• Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.

  

  Salvador Dali
  • Good
  • Art
  • Bad

• You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Love
  • Mother
  • Love Is

• I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.

  

  Natasha Henstridge
  • Believe
  • Long
  • Trying

• Writing was like digging coal. I sweat blood. The spell is on me.

  

  Zane Grey
  • Writing
  • Me
  • Blood

• If you want to be fully convinced of the abominations of slavery, go on a southern plantation, and call yourself a negro trader. Then there will be no concealment; and you will see and hear things that will seem to you impossible among human beings with immortal souls.

  

  Harriet Ann Jacobs
  • Want
  • Yourself
  • Slavery

• Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements.

  

  D. W. Griffith
  • Woman
  • Acting
  • Look

• Ocean's remarkable stories, depth of commitment, and eloquent communication make him a fantastic resource for conferences, universities, and indeed everyone who wants a potent dose of grounded inspiration.

  

  Van Jones
  • Inspiration
  • Stories
  • Commitment

• For valuing your own suffering sets on it the gold of a sun of pride. Suffering a lot can originate the illusion of being the Chosen of Pain.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
  • Pain
  • Suffering
  • Sun

• I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

  

  Carl Yastrzemski
  • Great
  • May
  • Me

• The great difficulty and crowning glory of art is to paint, to draw, to write, naturally and simply.

  

  Auguste Rodin
  • Great
  • Art

• Theatre is real-time - you get that real-time audience reaction, which is fantastic. And with art pieces, people don't ever have to explain themselves. You can do something and really follow a research. With architecture, you have to be much more public. You have to build consensus. You have to work within the law. There are more complexities.

  

  Elizabeth Diller
  • People
  • Time
  • Work

• It takes a great client to create great architecture.

  

  Curtis W. Fentress
  • Great
  • Architecture
  • Create