Stephen Frears Quotes

This black hole that people talk about in my career in the '70s, when I didn't make any films - in retrospect, what I was doing was learning my job.

Stephen Frears

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One of the ways that Microsoft beat Apple way back in the day was that they were a lot more open; today, in the world I come from, the free software and open-source world, Microsoft is not generally viewed as open; they're viewed as proprietary.

Jimmy Wales

TodayDayWorldFreeBackApple

I don't want football to not be played, but I would like the sophistication brought forth to take care of those who need to be taken care of and to take the precaution, at the sacrifice of winning, to take care of people.

Jim Brown

FootballSacrificePeopleWinning

People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant.

Jennifer Jason Leigh

LifeSuccessFearAgeTimePeople

I always try to write from memory, and I always try to use memory as an editor. So when I'm thinking of something like a relationship or whatever, then I'm letting my memory tell me what the important things were.

Jeffrey Brown

RelationshipMemoryMeThinkingTry

The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren't sure that I could win the seat.

Michele Bachmann

MeWinPartyKnowWantRun

Don Cornelius was a genius. He created a show where he was breaking artists' songs. If you were on his show, he made the consumer want to go out and purchase your music. He will be greatly missed. If they ever try to recreate what he did, it has to been done right, authentic and real with soul! That's what Don displayed.

Missy Elliott

MusicSoulGeniusYouDoneWant

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

Joseph de Maistre

VisionManResultsPoorEverything

Many of my favourite hotels are in London. I like the Covent Garden Hotel and I stayed at Blakes last time I was in London. I like the feeling of warmth and homeliness that you get from both of those places.

Diego Luna

TimeHotelYouFeelingGardenGet

I'd like to think that the door is always open for just the best actor for the role, you know? Race or gender shouldn't have anything to do with it, unless the character or story is focused on that for some particular reason.

Antoine Fuqua

CharacterBestDoorStoryThinkYou

I've had presidents in my lifetime - and I'm old enough to have seen several - that I really detested, but they're still my president. I've had presidents that I've really liked.

Powers Boothe

EnoughPresidentOldSeenLifetime

The Kurds in Iraq just don't have enough military equipment - they also need humanitarian relief.

Pete Hoekstra

EnoughMilitaryNeedReliefJust

Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.

Shawn Fanning

TodayDesignPrettyClientStill

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