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Anita Loos Quotes

On a plane you can pick up more and better people than on any other public conveyance since the stagecoach.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: April 26, 1889 - August 18, 1981

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People Better You More Up Than

If I hadn't had the outlet of writing and drawing comics, I guess there's a good chance I wouldn't be around today.

Good Today Writing Chance Drawing

People define themselves to some degree by the music that they listened to as teens. My mom had Elvis. Me, I had 'The Who' and later punk rock. Kids who came up in the '80s had other songs and bands. It's a way of placing ourselves culturally and temporally.

Music People Me Mom Rock Way

My question is why does every African American fighter have to be the villain?

Villain American Fighter Why Every

When I was in high school in the '50s you were supposed to be an Elvis Presley, a James Dean, a Marlon Brando or a Kingston Trio type in a button-down shirt headed for the fraternities at Stanford or Cal.

School High School You High Shirt

I was inspired by all of it. 'The Avengers,' 'Harry Palmer,' 'The Prisoner,' 'The Man from UNCLE,' 'In Like Flint.' Of course, there's a huge shadow of Bond - Bond is the monolith of spy movies - but it's not just about Bond; there were a lot of other things that influenced me.

Man Shadow Me Bond Uncle Movies

We all must live our lives always feeling, always thinking the moment has arrived.

Live Moment Thinking Feeling Always

In my midteens I went through a brief stage of religious fanaticism, but it was very much about just saying prayers and stuff like that, reciting rosaries and spending a lot of time on that kind of Catholic ritual.

Time Saying Kind Stage Through Just

My favorite ice cream is Haagen-Dazs coffee.

Coffee Ice Ice Cream Favorite Cream

I taught myself how to use a multi-track tape recorder, which was the first time I recorded myself.

Romy Madley Croft

Time Myself First Time First How

Flatulence peaks twice a day... five hours after lunch and five hours after dinner.

Day Lunch Dinner Twice Five Hours

Making movies is all about compromise, negotiation, and sacrifice, but the process helps you distill what's really important to you, and once you have identified what those these things are for any particular sequence, you hold onto them and don't let them go.

Miguel Sapochnik

Sacrifice Compromise Process You Go

A lot of the time, the scripts you get to read are remakes or reboots or sequels or prequels.

Time You Get Read Sequels Scripts

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