George Stevens Quotes
My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences.
Quotes to Explore
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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I was excited when King's College announced a scholarship for students who are in developing countries.
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I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'
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It was around the summer of 1982 when the drug problem really impacted. It became a lifestyle rather than a recreation. When you start lying and stealing, you cannot con yourself you're in control any more.
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I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.
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There can be a lot of mind games going on between the players. When you're about to serve, people will try to throw you off your rhythm by taking a walk. If you're tired, you can't show that at all to an opponent.
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What I wish more than anything is that I could start getting press about my work as an actor. That is what I do. I'm not a criminal.
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Modeling is exciting, but I certainly felt frustrated that I couldn't speak out or express myself. I always wanted to express my desires in some other medium.
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I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of earth, subtleties of major and minor chord that the wind strikes upon the tree branches. Have you ever heard the earth breathe?
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Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
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The fact is that seven per cent of the global population emits 50 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, and the proportions are the same for the use of energy and raw materials, meat, wood, etc. Simply put, an infinitesimal minority consumes the most and imposes damage on the overwhelming majority, while asking it to change.
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I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.
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Kids flew B-17s in daylight bombing raids over Germany in World War II. Kids fought in Korea and Vietnam.
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I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.
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Nothing, nothing justifies terrorism.
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The challenge with 'Watchmen' is making sure that the ideas that were in the book got into the movie. That was my biggest stretch. I wanted people to watch the movie and get it. It's one of those things where, over time, it has happened more.
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A sense of contentment is crucial to being happy. Physical health, material wealth and friends contribute to this, but contentment governs our relations with them all.
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We cannot meet the needs of a growing country and a growing economy by simply maintaining our current level of effort. We must do more.
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There are so many people that would be lined up to get their cut that even trying to finance a reboot of 'Frasier' would be nightmarish.
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My life is cluttered with the most wonderful memorabilia. And wonderful creative experiences.
