Shirley Knight Quotes

The thing that separates a so-so director and a great director is a love and caring for film.

Shirley Knight

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Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

Alphonse de Lamartine

RaceSameHeroesPoetsConceive

I have made a lot of mistakes.

Steven Seagal

MistakesMadeLot

You know the slow-motion walking shot in 'Reservoir Dogs?' That was in the Tommy Udo tradition. That strut, that way of wearing your suit, is what I think gangster chic is.

Tom Folsom

GangsterThinkWalkingTraditionYou

One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender.

Josefina Vazquez Mota

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There is one thing in this good old world that is positively sure - happiness is for all who strive to be happy - and those who laugh are happy. Everybody is eligible - you - me - the other fellow. Happiness is fundamentally a state of mind - not a state of body.

Douglas Fairbanks

GoodHappinessHappyMindBe Happy

I've always been quite psychic and believe there's a reason why things happen and that we need to learn from them.

Archie Panjabi

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Occasionally if I look back at something I've written I'll find one of those that I don't understand, but that's a bad thing - the unconscious has dealt me a bad hand.

William Gibson

MeLookBadBackFindUnderstand

'War and Peas' by Michael Foreman, one of the great British children's illustrators. His watercolours are so lovely you could almost eat them, just as members of the target audience have been trying to do for decades.

Tobias Hill

ChildrenGreatWarTryingYouEat

When I was young, I used to watch videos of Ali boxing, with my dad. It set me on the road. I wanted to be like Ali. I wanted to have my own Nicki shuffle and everything.

Nicola Adams

MeRoadBoxingYoungMy OwnOwn

Historically, science and society have gone separate ways, although society has provided the funds for science to grow, and in return, science has given society all the material things it enjoys.

Renato Dulbecco

ScienceSocietyGrowMaterial Things

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

Mark Spitz

CoolWinPlanRaceKeepJust

I stayed really physical during my pregnancy. I stuck to my normal pre-pregnancy workout, minus the stomach exercises and twisting. I really felt it helped my whole well-being.

Keri Russell

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