John Grierson Quotes

My view... would be that we are entering upon a new and interim society which is neither capitalist nor socialist, but in which we can achieve central planning without loss of individual initiative, by the mere process of absorbing initiative in the function of planning.

John Grierson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: April 26, 1898 - February 19, 1972

Topics

SocietyPlanningProcessViewLoss

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity or anybody, you know. I just think of myself as doing something that I love to do.

Jimmy Bennett

LoveMyselfThinkDoingYouKnow

I've been asked which of the other arts novel-writing is most like, and I have come to believe it is acting. Of course, in terms of pattern it can be like music, in terms of structure it can be like painting, but the job to me is most like acting.

Andrew O'Hagan

MusicJobMePaintingBelieveArts

We have shared responsibility for global climate; we have to reduce climate change below 2 degrees Celsius.

Angela Merkel

ChangeResponsibilityClimate Change

I love seeing fashion from the past making a comeback.

Jeffree Star

LovePastFashionComebackSeeing

Even if I am going to an event or a wedding, I try to just look effortless. The more effortless you look, the more chic you look.

Jeanne Damas

I AmWeddingYouLookTryMore

I talk to the audience like I talk to my friends on the stoop.

Tony Rock

FriendsTalkAudienceLikeStoop

When I was doing something on someone else's dime, I was inclined to try to anticipate what they wanted. I knew that wasn't what an artist was supposed to do. In funding my own music, I found my voice.

Rodney Crowell

MusicVoiceSomeoneDoingArtist

I remember driving home one evening while they were reviewing the papers on the radio. One of the articles was about me separating from my wife. It's a weird thing to listen to a news report about the break-up of your marriage.

Rory Bremner

MarriageHomeWifeMeEveningWeird

I don't know whether Barack Obama was born in the United States of America. I don't know that. But I do know this: that in his heart, he's not an American. He's just not an American.

Mike Coffman

HeartAmericanAmericaBornKnowHe

I like snappy dialogue and short descriptions and lots of action.

Clive Cussler

ActionShortDialogueLikeLots

I don't start with the characters. I start with the series of events that will provide the conflict and how it can be resolved. Characters are incidental.

Ashwin Sanghi

ConflictStartWillEventsHow

Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives.

Paul Wellstone

PowerImprovementMoneyPoliticsBig

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