John Hughes Quotes

To have a song work for the movie, it can't just be written apart and shoved in. It's got to come out of the action. It's got to talk about the characters, not the story: it has to augment that action.

John Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect.

Melanie Lynskey

WeirdFeelPerfectGoMoviesFaces

As a child, I was obsessed with drawing things, like Mickey and Donald. And houses. My mother was worried I'd become an artist.

Michael Graves

MotherChildDrawingArtistBecome

When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I.

John Rocha

CollegeMeNobodyLeftExpectedDid

I'm a little devil.

Roger Moore

DevilLittle

I was offered Fagin-type roles, but I wanted to do new things. I could have worked in America, but there was a recession in the British film industry, and I wanted to work in England. I've no regrets.

Ron Moody

WorkNew ThingsAmericaNewRegrets

I think people instinctively know that their job is to give service and that they are part of a community. It had a great impact on me when my father walked the picket lines and I walked with him during the civil rights movement.

Russell Simmons

FatherCommunityGreatServiceJob

Enrollment in Colorado is expected to expand about 25 percent in seven years. It's very difficult to find those additional funds. Therefore, I think you're probably going to have increased pressure on tuition.

Roy Romer

ThinkPressureYouFindColorado

You are affected by the surroundings, the mood of people, by confidence. I am no different.

Michael Owen

ConfidenceI AmPeopleYouMoodAm

Sex, sexual dynamics and how we define our sexuality, is one of the major deals in everyone's life.

Molly Parker

LifeSexEveryoneSexualityDefine

Every soldier should learn survival on land, sea, and in the air.

Louis Zamperini

SeaLearnSurvivalLandAirSoldier

Instead of seeing these children for the blessings that they are, we are measuring them only by the standard of whether they will be future deficits or assets for our nation's competitive needs.

Jonathan Kozol

FutureChildrenBlessingsSeeing

One thing I know in baseball is you should never be comfortable where you are. It doesn't matter who you are. It's a business. If I got traded tomorrow, no hard feelings; it's a business.

Jon Lester

BusinessBaseballTomorrowYouKnow

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