Andrew Sarris Quotes

I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.

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• I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.

  

  Jack Nicholson
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• As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.

  

  Victoria Principal
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• In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.

  

  Manfred Eigen
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• It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
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• Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.

  

  E. Joseph Cossman
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• Any competent actor could have done what I did.

  

  Larry Hovis
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• I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.

  

  Natasha Calis
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• At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.

  

  Carl Spitteler
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• There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.

  

  Harry Anderson
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• In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.

  

  Abraham Verghese
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  • Short
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• In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
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• On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.

  

  Vince Cable
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• I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.

  

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• Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

  

  Marc Almond Soft Cell
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• I don't ever want to be a person that I'm not. A lot of girls fall into the trap where they are trying to impress other people, and that's the time when they lose themselves.

  

  Kate Upton
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• My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?

  

  Arthur Daniel Miller
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• Whatever we put our attention on will grow stronger in our life.

  

  Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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• A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!

  

  Karl Kraus
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• God wills, man dreams, the work is born.

  

  Fernando Pessoa
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• First we try to preserve ourselves, until we see that we can't. Then we try to preserve our children, until we see we can't. Then we act to preserve our kin, and then our village or tribe, and when we see we can't preserve even them, then we act in order to preserve our memory. And if we can't do that, what is left?

  

  Orson Scott Card
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• Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

  

  James Rollins
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• Put on a sweater and really great sneakers with a big scarf, and you'll look so stylish. For me, they are an everyday essential.

  

  Meghan Markle
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• Ruth insisted – that she really was afraid of us.

  

  Kazuo Ishiguro
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• I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.

  

  Andrew Sarris
  • People
  • Different
  • Nice