Andrew Motion Quotes
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I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.
Ira Sachs -
I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling and jokes.
Rachel Bloom -
I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.
Barbara Feldon -
But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
Pat Robertson -
I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
Becki Newton -
Sometimes new voices have the most spectacular vision. It is uncluttered and organic.
Karan Johar
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
Calamity Jane -
I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
Sam Hunt -
I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.
Ingrid Bergman -
My daughter passed away in 2003.
Daniel Cormier -
Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
Raf Simons -
When takers talk about mistakes, they're usually quick to place the blame on other people. Givers are more likely to say 'Here's the mistake I made; I learned the following from it. Here are the steps I'm taking to make sure I don't let people down in the future.'
Adam Grant
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The Medicaid system currently steers people toward nursing home care. Far more people can be covered in community-based care programs for significantly less.
Ed Rendell -
War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering.
Carl von Clausewitz -
When I started giving talks about women's history, one of the things that bothered me was the tendency to say, 'Well, everybody was totally oppressed and suddenly in 1964 we rose up, got our freedom, and here we are.' It dismisses the women who fought for rights for several hundred years of our history up to that point.
Gail Collins -
We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
Olivia De Havilland -
I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
Hannah Cowley -
Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher.
Dan Simmons
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Oh, her heart’s adrift with oneOn an endless voyage gone! Night and morningHannah’s at the window binding shoes.
Lucy Larcom -
Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.
Anton Chekhov -
We live in the world's greatest democracy; we want for nothing. And that which we want, we can work toward achieving.
Joe Garcia -
A mother should never be blamed for working.
Leila Slimani -
My plays are ultimately about love, honor, duty, betrayal.
August Wilson -
Honor the miraculousness of the ordinary.
Andrew Motion