Conrad Hall Quotes

I just wanted to try directing, and the best way was to write the material, so I was imbued with its origins when I was dealing with the actors.

Conrad Hall

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• I get more tired by travelling than anything.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
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• People are really paying attention to the comic-book genre, and there's a lot of time and attention being invested in these projects with a wonderful sense of quality control.

  

  Mahershala Ali
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• Everybody who does anything for the public can be criticized. There's always someone who doesn't like it.

  

  Imogen Cunningham
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• All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.

  

  Frances Wright
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• In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments.

  

  Beck
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• As much as we were very proud of being a pop band, I know we never felt like we fit into that category.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
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• I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.

  

  M. Emmet Walsh
  • Different
  • Together
  • Animal

• I can do a good John Wayne.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Good
  • I Can
  • John Wayne

• I honestly think that kids should not exercise: they should keep fit through play. The most important age is zero to seven, both for the kid and the parent - for parents, because this is the time when your kid learns how to walk, talk and other behaviour.

  

  Magnus Scheving
  • Time
  • Important
  • Kids

• I grew up reading a lot of superhero comics, so it's really fun to take a shot at one myself and see what happens.

  

  Jeff Lemire
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Reading

• I know there will be X amount of women being diagnosed. I love to say, You can get through it. You can.

  

  Kylie Minogue
  • Women
  • Health
  • Woman

• That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done.

  

  Carole King
  • Work
  • Great
  • Done

• If someone thinks I'm a dickhead, fine, listen to someone else's record, then. We're not a totalitarian regime; no one's forced to listen to Coldplay. It's actually quite a compliment if you're something that people can stand against.

  

  Chris Martin Coldplay
  • People
  • Record
  • Regime

• The word spirit comes from the Latin word for "breath" - spiritu - and the origin of the word spirituality has to do with breath and life force, the mysteries of the ancients and all this. The word is very suspect in much of the art world - the Western art world. Certainly, spirituality has become divorced from religious.

  

  Chris Martin Coldplay
  • Life
  • World
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• Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality.

  

  Billie Joe Armstrong Green Day
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  • Way
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• You make me feel like a natural man

  

  Carole King
  • Men
  • Feels
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• It's very difficult for me to evaluate my own stuff.

  

  Carole King
  • Difficult
  • Stuff
  • Evaluate

• Most parents don’t know really their children.

  

  Otto Frank
  • Children
  • Parents

• Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.

  

  Jay-Z
  • People
  • Done
  • Fear

• To look at and properly appreciate the British Museum is the work of a lifetime.

  

  M. E. W. Sherwood
  • Work
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• The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command.

  

  William Falconer
  • Important
  • Fate
  • Ability

• Trust yourself, your intuition, your desires and your pursuits. Don't question yourself too much. Place one foot ahead of the other and go forward steadily. No one will understand as you do the work, the art, you are making - so no need to look for audience approval or ratings.

  

  Barbara Hammer
  • Art
  • Trust
  • Audience

• I just wanted to try directing, and the best way was to write the material, so I was imbued with its origins when I was dealing with the actors.

  

  Conrad Hall
  • Actors
  • Material
  • Dealing