Chuck Jones Quotes
Humiliation and indifference, these are conditions every one of us finds unbearable–this is why the Coyote when falling is more concerned with the audience's opinion of him than he is with the inevitable result of too much gravity.Chuck Jones
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If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.
Ed Harris -
People always ask me about 'Girls' with this kind of hesitation. What do I think of it? I love it. It's awesome. I get a lot of Where do you come down on this? I come down on the side of 'Yay, Lena Dunham. Congratulations. I'm jealous.' She's doing something so fantastic. Maybe it's not for everybody, but it certainly is for me.
Callie Khouri -
Let us have peace.
Ulysses S. Grant -
This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
Jack Vance -
In 1993, when I landed in Zimbabwe, there were just 10 psychiatrists in that country of 10 million people. Nine of the 10 were foreigners who spoke no regional language.
Vikram Patel -
Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
Calvin Johnson
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I don't agree with boarding school. It's not something that I would do with my children, but I think it's something that kind of exists in England in a traditional way, and you do form very close relationships with the girls you go to school with. But it is a strange thing to live in an environment which is solely female.
Gabriella Wilde -
I'm brilliant at cooking my stepmother's scrambled egg recipe. The secret is to put eggs, butter, milk, and seasoning together in the saucepan, and to keep stirring with a wooden spoon under a low heat until the preferred consistency is reached.
Ian Mckellen -
Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.
Gary Oldman -
I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past.
Daniel Day-Lewis -
As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
Victor Cruz -
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships.
Eberhard Weber
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We can climb mountains with self-love.
Samira Wiley -
I do a lot of public speaking and presentations and I'll always start with a self-deprecating joke to make everybody feel comfortable with my size because there can be hang-ups and anxieties.
Warwick Davis -
If there's 'game' in the title, I'm there! Ready to play!
Natalie Dormer -
In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.
Bahman Ghobadi -
Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie.
Patrick Kavanagh -
I learned at an early age that what we were doing in the choir was just as important as the preacher. It was a ministry in itself. We could stir the pot, you know?
D'Angelo
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You'll never convince me there is a hopeless situation or there is any finality in any success or any failure.
Carlos Ghosn -
I still find the best way to understand a hospitalized patient whose care I am taking over is not by staring at the computer screen but by going to see the patient; it's only at the bedside that I can figure out what is important.
Abraham Verghese -
It's my personal opinion, and I firmly believe, that it's important that I keep sports and politics separate.
Jeff Fisher -
If you have a success in your life, why can't we hold on to that? Why can't that be good enough for a lifetime; why do we always have to be ramping up?
Jake Paltrow -
24/7 power is going to happen; it is not a question of possible or impossible.
Piyush Goyal -
Humiliation and indifference, these are conditions every one of us finds unbearable–this is why the Coyote when falling is more concerned with the audience's opinion of him than he is with the inevitable result of too much gravity.
Chuck Jones