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John Hughes Quotes

The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: February 18, 1950 - August 6, 2009

Topics

Music Talent Movies Reason Because

When I look back on my reading habits when I was really young, I was really drawn to stories about strong girls who in some ways are outsiders.

Reading Strong Look Back Young Who

I have a lot of favorite films. I tend to love the silliness of 'Bringing Up Baby.' 'Charade' is fantastic. 'His Girl Friday,' the banter in that, that alone made me want to be a writer.

Love Girl Alone Me Baby Friday

Spike Lee's been doing it for a long time now. We're all standing on his shoulders.

John David Washington

Time Doing Long Long Time Now Been

Marseilles, Barcelona, Trieste, Istanbul - each romances the Mediterranean in its own fashion, mostly by embracing the sea in sweeping C-shaped bays that date back to antiquity.

Sea Fashion Back Own Barcelona Date

I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers.

Girl Politics Party Never Played

I've been tremendously lucky. I went through things that turned out wrong, and I got myself out of them.

Stephane Hessel

Myself Wrong Lucky Out Through Been

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

Alone Job People World Feel You

Let's face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.

Me Road Face Stuff Happens Material

My whole interest in food grew from my interest in gardens and the question of how we engage with the natural world. To go back even further, I got interested in gardens because I was interested in nature and wilderness and Thoreau and Emerson.

Nature Food World Wilderness Back

You rehear your life by reading about what happens to other people.

Life People Reading You Happens

Both men and women are really vast and boundless and yet in many films we're told that they're not. We're told they can only be one thing - like handsome and charming and that's it. Nothing more.

Women Men Handsome Nothing More

I grew up in the '50s, in New York City, where television was born. There were 90 live shows every week, and they used a lot of kids. There were schools just for these kids. There was a whole world that doesn't exist anymore.

Christopher Walken

Live New York City World Week Born

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