Alex Gibney Quotes

It's hard to make a living doing documentaries. Frankly, if it takes you five years to do a film, and that's the only film you're doing, you're in trouble.

Alex Gibney

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• I like wearing things that are a bit off but not in a ridiculous 'I'm wearing a huge hat' kind of way. More a socks with sandals way.

  

  Edie Campbell
  • Kind
  • Hat
  • Socks

• I don't do athletics for any other reason than achieving certain distances, certain titles and goals in my head.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
  • Reason
  • Goals
  • Achieving

• Normally when I look at stuff, I try to look at the good things. When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those.

  

  Jacob deGrom
  • Good
  • Look
  • Good Things

• I tried being anorexic for four hours, and then I was like, I need some bagels.

  

  Kat Dennings
  • Like
  • Need
  • Hours

• Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

  

  H. L. Mencken
  • Giving
  • Wife
  • Marriage

• Looking after a disabled child pushes you to the limits of what you can cope with... physically, emotionally. It's because there's this baby, this child that you love more than you can possibly imagine, in some way more than a normal child because you worry about them 24 hours a day. But at the same time you are so, so proud of them.

  

  Samantha Cameron
  • Time
  • Love
  • Day

• I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.

  

  Dan Quinn
  • Think
  • Deep
  • Speak

• Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa.

  

  Walter Salles
  • American
  • New
  • Now

• It's, like, your classic journey from a drama school. I went straight to the three-year acting degree, and I waitressed throughout that to support myself and for the first six months after I graduated. Then I started to get commercials here and there, and then I got a couple of roles in Australia and then a more regular role on a TV series.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • School
  • Support
  • Myself

• I guess life offers you opportunities to live your dream. We just have to accept what comes our way and live those moments completely. You will not get back this time again, so live every moment you get.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Life
  • Time
  • Live

• It's impossible to be someone you're not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times.

  

  Gautam Singhania
  • Work
  • Important
  • Family

• When I did a high-profile project, I was not the developer of it.

  

  A. James Clark
  • High
  • Project
  • Did

• I feel naked without my rings, and don't like walking out of the house without them, even if they do tear half of my sweaters and stab my friends in the eye.

  

  Zoey Deutch
  • Friends
  • House
  • Eye

• We must take all that territory away from ISIS.

  

  Jack Keane
  • Take
  • Away
  • Territory

• Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.

  

  Jack London
  • Life
  • Good
  • Hand

• Somebody out there is going to do something that's far more surprising than anything that I would do. I was surprised by the whole web thing in the first place.

  

  Larry Wall
  • Place
  • First
  • Going

• I just think that things should be allowed to run their course, and not turned into a Disney ride.

  

  Fiona Shaw
  • Think
  • Run
  • Disney

• I've been to the Empire State Building with four friends, and it was very beautiful at that time around midnight.

  

  Takeru Kobayashi
  • Time
  • Friends
  • Beautiful

• Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

  

  Harold Ross
  • Work
  • Think
  • Problems

• When I started as a White House correspondent, there was a lot of criticism from guys saying, 'She focuses too much on the person but not enough on policy.' I never understood that argument at all. I just didn't agree with the premise.

  

  Maureen Dowd
  • She
  • House
  • Criticism

• If someone who knows what's going on comes up and says they liked the music, I appreciate that.

  

  John Lurie
  • Up
  • Music

• I have learned to prize holy ignorance more highly than religious certainty and to seek companions who have arrived at the same place. We are a motley crew, distinguished not only by our inability to explain ourselves to those who are more certain of their beliefs than we are but in many cases by our distance from the centers of our faith communities as well.

  

  Barbara Brown Taylor
  • Faith
  • Distance
  • Beliefs

• If YouTube were to switch to Theora and maintain even a semblance of the current YouTube quality it would take up most available bandwidth across the internet.

  

  Chris DiBona
  • Quality
  • Internet
  • Available

• It's hard to make a living doing documentaries. Frankly, if it takes you five years to do a film, and that's the only film you're doing, you're in trouble.

  

  Alex Gibney