Brian Dyson Quotes
Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
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I hadn't watched any Hitchcock movies when I made 'Tom at the Farm,' except for 'Vertigo' when I was 8 years old. I don't have a sophisticated film knowledge, but I have seen the legacy of classic movies in broader entertainment.
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What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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America is another name for opportunity.
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I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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I've always listened to and loved country music ever since I was a kid.
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This could be done in part, because the equipment was very inexpensive. Not much money was involved in tooling so that basic changes of that type could be accomplished.
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You can't be against bullying without actually doing something about it.
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One of my favorite movies of all time is 'Bugsy Malone.'
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For the first time I feel an inner emotional security. There is reality and dependability. My life revolves around Richard and the baby.
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We talk about toughness as a quarterback: it's not sometimes the physical part that you see; it's the mental toughness and the 'I'm going to stand in here, take this shot,' and 'I'm going to deliver it to my guy.'
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Fashion definitely has the power to change the world.
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I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more clever, but I worked very hard.
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Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.
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I think, more than anything else, my dog's death has made me grow up. I find myself thinking about the world in a more serious way.
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Pete's my best friend, I was the best man at his wedding, I love that man to death. I'd take a bullet for him.
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I also read a lot of nonfiction. I just got "Nixonland" by Rick Perlstein. I felt like what with everything that is going on with the president [Donald trump] and the parallels with [Richard] Nixon's presidency, I needed to know more about the man.
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I don't know life without vandalism. It's an ongoing thing.
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There's something about getting onstage in a play where the actor tells the story, beginning, middle, and end, the way they want to tell it. For me, it's the most powerful place to be, and it's the most empowering place to be.
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The Negro race, instead of being that object of pity or contempt which we usually consider it, is entitled, judged by the facts of history, to a place close by the side of the Saxon.
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Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery and today is a gift. That's why we call it the present.
