John Huston Quotes

You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession.

John Huston

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 5, 1906 - August 28, 1987

Topics

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I was born dirt-poor with barely a stitch on my back, and no name or prestige attached to me, and no real clout or connections.

Jeremy Scott

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When the market goes to hell, it's more of an opportunity than a problem.

John Fredriksen

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In any situation that we find in our lives, when there is something that we feel should be better, we must exert effort to try and make it better. So it's the same socially, musically, politically in any department of our lives.

John Coltrane

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Psychological horror I've always appreciated, like 'Rosemary's Baby.' The slasher movies and the grotesque movies are the ones that I've really been off for a while.

John Carroll Lynch

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Pretending to be other people is my game and that to me is the essence of the whole business of acting.

John Hurt

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Sometimes I dance for concentration. I dance to release my nervousness.

Shinsuke Nakamura

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I think - for a period of time, I did think art was there to serve me, but it took me a minute to reset.

Mike Posner

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We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that those few that try to sneak through the system are caught in advance.

Jon Porter

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I put weight on easily if I eat too much and don't exercise. When I went on my honeymoon in 1999, I put on a stone in three weeks!

Debra Stephenson

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Sad old blokes, I'm told, now dream of me with a whip in hand.

Anne Robinson

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If you go 90 yards in a hundred-yard race, you come last. Usain Bolt slows down for the last half a yard, but for 99 yards, he is that far ahead that he can. In our business, you can't be far enough ahead. It is such a competitive marketplace.

Philip Green

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In the case of 'Fantastic Woman,' I wanted to make it a more complex animal than just a 'cause' film. Even though I was sympathizing with the character's struggle, I didn't want to be trapped at that level - it's important, but it can be quite basic.

Sebastian Lelio

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