Alexander Walker Quotes
In the days of Gary Cooper, James Stewart etc, film stars personified the better aspects of human nature.
Quotes to Explore
-
I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
-
Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
-
You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.
-
He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
-
I do Yoga. I'd like to say I do it every morning, but I don't, I just don't have the time.
-
I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
-
I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
-
Dance should mean something to you.
-
To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
-
I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
-
The truth is, when I got started in this business, it wasn't because I had a full understanding of the importance of the business, but because I thought it was fun. I found it exciting. It fulfilled me, whatever it was that I was looking for.
-
You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
-
In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
-
But I made no efforts to organize my supporters to hold on to the apparatus. Consequently I was soon expelled and my followers, who did not change coats overnight, quietly left or were expelled from the party.
-
I did a lot of ridiculous television. Between 1980 and '85 I had no confidence, so I did everything I was told to do.
-
In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.
-
About no subject is there less philosophizing than about philosophy.
-
An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
-
I have no regrets about launching Salon. For the life of me, I can't imagine doing anything else.
-
I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.
-
Every moment is beautiful; delicious even! Every moment I'm learning and living in a way I never have before. Being present in a way I never have before. Existing in moments I never have before.
-
These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.
-
Christianity is in its nature revolutionary.
-
In the days of Gary Cooper, James Stewart etc, film stars personified the better aspects of human nature.
