Dan Monson Quotes
They've had different paths to travel and it's been a little different; every year is different. But as they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping that they can build off of this last month of what they've brought to this program.Dan Monson
Quotes to Explore
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
Walter Lippmann -
I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
Abigail Breslin -
Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
T. J. Miller -
When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
Wadah Khanfar -
I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.
Felicity Kendal -
I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
Aaron Koblin
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Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.
Ted Dekker -
Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
Edmund White -
Often the starting point for characters, for me, is finding a little, most minor detail, and I'll go from there.
Patrick deWitt -
I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
Park Chan-wook -
I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
Gary Shteyngart -
I was playing the villain 'Falseface' on Batman, and I got wind that they were going to pay a young starlet $25,000 to be in the same episode. Well, I wasn't getting anywhere near that amount of money, so I refused to let them put my name in the credits.
Malachi Throne
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I always joke that I want to be able to retire from boxing and still be able to look into the mirror without seeing scars all over my face. I love my sport, but I would rather not have to spend hours doing my makeup to cover up the memories once I retire.
Mandy Bujold -
I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
Sally Quinn -
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
Quintilian -
'Walking Dead' has done great on Netflix, but to pay for the full output deal just to get 'Walking Dead' didn't make sense.
Ted Sarandos -
There's an explosion of Indian fiction of all kinds, from military thrillers to chicklit. I think that's exciting.
Hari Kunzru -
You must make some decisions Wall Street dislikes.
Nelson Peltz
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I don't think of the note in technical terms. I sing the emotion that I am feeling.
Geoff Tate -
Most of the dramatism in Wagner comes from a very close link between the music and the language of the text. So much of the expressivity of Wagner's music dramas comes from the singers' capacity to play with the sound of the language. This kind of thing you can do very well in concert performance.
Daniel Barenboim -
I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.
Alison Jackson -
What we are working for is an educational program that has become a resource and rallying point for scores of brave southerners who are leading the fight for justice and better race relations in these crucial days
Septima Poinsette Clark -
They've had different paths to travel and it's been a little different; every year is different. But as they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping that they can build off of this last month of what they've brought to this program.
Dan Monson