Rod Lurie Quotes

In my mind, I'm no longer daunted by the idea of a remake. In fact, I now look at it as a genre unto itself - so long as you make it your own.

Rod Lurie

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MindLongYouLookNowOwn

I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming.

Jimmy Carter

WifeSwimmingGoDrownGetTroubles

I like any film where the female characters are complex and have a functioning imperfection.

Jenny Slate

ImperfectionComplexWhereFilmLike

Life doesn't go on forever, and you don't want to drop dead without ever having done what you wanted to do.

Meg Rosoff

LifeYouGoDoneWantDead

I am as interested in seeing what happens to my characters as any reader; that is why I tell kids that writers write for the same reason readers read - to find out the end of the story.

Ann Turner

I AmStoryEndSeeingFindWhy

Food redistribution is economically sensible, ecologically pressing, and socially responsible; it is high time food corporations woke up to it and governments started funding the organisations that facilitate it.

Tristram Stuart

TimeFoodResponsibleHighUpWoke

Kevin Zeitler, who plays for the Browns, he watches quite a bit of anime.

Mike Daniels

WatchesWhoHeQuiteAnimePlays

When all this fame first comes, it's like being hit by a giant wave. You panic and think if you can just calm down and see where it's going, you'll be okay. Then you become more relaxed.

Julia Roberts

CalmThinkWaveYouDownBecome

I love Les Beaux Peeps. Everyone in that band works together really well. I used to go out to see bands a lot; now it seems there just aren't any I like.

Clea Duvall

LoveTogetherGoNowBandSee

If I had a stock of fabulous sounds I would just always use them. I wouldn't bother to find new ones.

Brian Eno

FindNewFabulousAlwaysJustWould

A typical leader has - a natural tendency is to be defensive in the face of a crisis. The first reaction is to blame someone - or something - else. Often, the blame is aimed at something abstract or non-controllable, which often has nothing to do with the crisis but is adjacent to whatever is going on, so it's an easy target.

Brad Feld

LeaderBlameFaceSomeoneEasy

It is a fact that the Left routinely resists, then as now: Americans fought and died in Vietnam for freedom, just as they are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan today. Whatever mistakes generals and policymakers have made along the way cannot detract from that essential truth - which should be a part of any reliable history.

Arthur L. Herman

TodayTruthFreedomHistoryMistakes

AIDS obliges people to think of sex as having, possibly, the direst consequences: suicide. Or murder.

Susan Sontag

PeopleThinkSuicideSexAIDS

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