Elia Kazan Quotes
For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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I was interned in Auschwitz for one year. I didn't bring back anything, except for a few jokes, and that filled me with shame. Then again, I didn't know what to do with this fresh experience. For this experience was no literary awakening, no occasion for professional or artistic introspection.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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I like all music. The only music I don't like is bad music.
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The major political battles about guns in our society concern handguns and assault weapons, not long arms like hunting rifles.
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It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Before you start a business, careful planning is in order to obtain to where you ought to be. The biggest part is to ensure that, once you might have created your own plan, that you simply take motion. Without motion, you are unable to succeed.
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I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.
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When I was younger, I had conversations with friends about wanting to create something different. Every young musician probably thinks that. But it's difficult to do, because there are only so many words, notes, melodies, songs. But as soon as I stopped thinking and started feeling, it worked. I didn't realize it till I was done.
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There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.
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Short boots are cool, in my humble opinion. They say, 'Hey! Winter is over, but summer hasn't yet arrived - so enjoy this halfway point!'
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You don't only worry about the people who hate or resent you; in a way, you're more worried about the people who love you.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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When I said I retired from basketball playing, I have retired. You will not see me play again. That is a promise.
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It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you play these places. It's part of our history just gone.
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I don't know when it started - this thing - bit it's growing, muffling me, suffocating me like poison ivy. I grew into it. It grew into me. We blurred at the edges, became an amorphous, seeping, crawling thing.
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I have consumed so many Weisinger-era Superman comics that they ooze back out through my pores!
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Sometimes you're quite fortunate, being on the stage, getting to meet people like Salvador Dali.
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I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again.
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For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.
