- Fire
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some Quotes
Small word, wide range of thought.
This page gathers quotes that turn on the word "some" — a small qualifier that shows up everywhere from filmmakers talking about creative limits to reflections on real historical friction, including the 1962 border war fought over disputed Himalayan terrain. If you're also drawn to broader affirmations, the Good quotes collection covers similar ground from another angle.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.
- Line
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- Nov 07, 2020
Almost every officer is going to put their life on the line at some point in their career.
- Accomplishment
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is something very intriguing about, for example, the sense of accomplishment that a small child has, which you might be able to reduce to aggression and libido, but which might also have some independent existence.
- Seriously
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- Nov 07, 2020
Seriously, these days I tend to shut up in terms of external analysis and DO try to let things speak for themselves, while still trying to get some depth into them.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
For some peculiar reason, two films about Oscar Wilde were started at the same time, back in 1959 or 1960. I played Wilde in one, and Robert Morley was in the other. As it turned out, at that particular moment there was no market for any Oscar Wilde movie at all.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
In some ways, I'm just a visual person.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every so often I find some poems that are too good for the readers of The Atlantic because they are a little too involved with the nature of poetry, as such.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I won't say I'm lucky. I'm fortunate enough to find or attract very talented people. For some reason I found them, and they found me.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think there is really a favorite, I'm very fond of film making as a whole and as a medium and of course, there are some that I've enjoyed making more than others but I've enjoyed making all of them.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some directors want to make superhero films. That's what gets them off, and they love it, and they love sci-fi. I prefer putting my hands into non-fiction.
- Clinics
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- Nov 07, 2020
ISIS may be a perversion of Islam, but Islamic it is, just as Christian beliefs about the sanctity of the unborn child explain why some Christian fundamentalists attack abortion clinics and doctors.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Considering what Americans have been confronted with in the last ten years, domestically and internationally, it's clear that we need emotional outlets; we have to have some peace from our problems.
- Dignity
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- Nov 07, 2020