Elia Kazan Quotes
I was even superior to the Communists and when they didn't go along with me, I quit them.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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If you want to be loved, be lovable.
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Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
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An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay,And glides in modest innocence away.
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Why did they force us to close the banks? To instil fear in people.And spreading fear is called terrorism.
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I think the people who are making Christmas-themed movies today feel that people are more cynical about Christmas. There's more of an edge.
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If you sit down with me, I guarantee I will accept any terms you offer for a contract.
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The relevant question isn't, 'Is this a potential friend for me?' but, 'Is this character alive?'
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I'm not going to say I'm not ready for a fighter like Canelo Alvarez.
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It's that anonymous person who meanders through the streets and feels what's happening there, feels the pulse of the people, who's able to create.
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In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so, but they left it so because they knew of no way to get rid of it at that time.
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He said the first baseman caught the ball, I saw it completely different. I asked him to ask the other umpire and he said it was my call and I'm not going to ask the other umpire. I really need to watch what I say. I've been reprimanded before. That didn't have a whole heck of a lot of bearing on the ball game. It was pretty well out of reach, but let's just put it this way: I've got a control pitcher on the mound and he walks five guys in three innings. That's all I'll say. He hasn't walked five guys in five games.
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The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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The Communists, following Hegel, speak of humanity and its future as of some monolithic individuality. I was attacking this illusion.
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Concession comes with better grace and more salutary effect from superior power.
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The 'punch' of a truly weird tale is simply some violation or transcending of fixed cosmic law - an imaginative escape from palling reality - hence, phenomena rather than persons are the logical 'heroes.'
