Conrad Hall Quotes
It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.
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I don't think Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell fear competition from me in their arena.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
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We don't ask the actor playing James Bond what his sexual preference is. So I don't know what it is, really, with trying to out actors who portray gay characters on television. But it is some sort of fascination in society.
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If I have a 100 percent batting average, you should fire me, because it means we haven't tried anything really noble.
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In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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Children live in the only successful Marxist state ever created: the family. 'From each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is the family's practice as well as its theory. Even with today's scattershot patterns of marriage and parenting, a family is collectivist to a more than North Korean degree.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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Now I want to make it plain that 'The Virgin Spring' must be regarded as an aberration. It's touristic, a lousy imitation of Kurosawa.
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As an entrepreneur, what drives you has to be the good news; otherwise, you just don't get out of bed.
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I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was 'A Thief in the Village' by James Berry, and I thought, 'Is this still the state of publishing?' Then I thought, 'Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.'
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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For some people, miracles serve as evidence of God's existence.
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I've sung background for a couple of bands.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.
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Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.
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My dad was a third-generation printer and linotype operator, by all accounts a fabulous ballroom dancer. He was jettisoned from the family before I was 2, and I have never met him and have no memory of him.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
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I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.
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When seen as a whole, art derives from a person's desire to communicate himself to another. I do not believe in an art which is not forced into existence by a human being’s desire to open his heart. All art, literature, and music must be born in your heart’s blood. Art is your heart’s blood.
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It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema.
