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- Nov 07, 2020
Picture Quotes
On screen roles, old movies, and the camera's eye.
Here the word picture mostly means film - an actor discussing how to play a villain convincingly, and a childhood movie memory vivid enough to cause literal nightmares for years. Related viewing continues in Life.
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- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The image that comes to mind when I think of 'Nip/Tuck,' is I literally picture a nail just getting driven through wood. You know what I mean? Just getting absolutely bashed through a two by four.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Anybody can direct a picture once they know the fundamentals. Directing is not a mystery, it's not an art. The main thing about directing is: photograph the people's eyes.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of serving special interests, Congress should focus on the big picture. Globalization and technology have completely reshaped our economy in recent decades, and if we don't respond, we're putting the future of the middle class at risk.
- Opportunity
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- Nov 07, 2020
If done correctly, dynamic scoring will provide a more complete picture of Congress's actions. This is exactly the type of modeling the private sector uses, and advances in data collection and analysis create an opportunity for it to be employed accurately.
- First Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I sit down to make a sketch from nature, the first thing I try to do is to forget that I have ever seen a picture.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know dock leaves pretty well, but I should not attempt to introduce them into a picture without having them before me.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great horror movies are earned. 'Halloween' is an earned picture. Every moment of grotesque violence is earned by the suspense they're able to maintain getting there.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really was very impressed with DMX during the whole experience on 'Romeo Must Die.' I like working with him. I liked him. And I was very impressed with the reaction of the audience when he was in the picture.
- Make
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's financially advantageous to make a picture in Berlin, Germany. They have a very effective rebate system.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really didn't feel that my motion picture career was going the way I wanted it to go.
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could.
- Bigger Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The kids get a vote. That's very important when it comes to raising kids. And always keep the bigger picture in mind.
- Foam
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although we don't know what is outside our universe, astronomers still wonder. Several pictures of what there might be have been dreamed up. An interesting one, called multiverse, has lots of universes. Picture it as a foam of bubbles. Our universe would be one bubble, and we'd be surrounded by lots of other bubbles.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
With a strong domestic economy, low national unemployment at 5 percent, and increasing retail sales, the picture should look rosy. But one look at the trade deficit changes all of that.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020