Rod Lurie Quotes

I think that 'Straw Dogs' as a story is eminently re-makable. It can be modernized and Americanized without a problem and without giving up any artistic integrity.

Rod Lurie

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

IntegrityStoryThinkGivingProblem

You can forgive people who do not follow you through a philosophical disquisition; but to find your wife laughing when you had tears in your eyes, or staring when you were in a fit of laughter, would go some way towards a dissolution of the marriage.

Robert Louis Stevenson

MarriageEyesWifeLaughterPeople

I can't throw books away. My wife is always telling me to get rid of some.

Matthew Macfadyen

WifeMeAlwaysAwayGetThrow

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level.

Tony Goldwyn

BestYouRiseUpPlayingLevel

The game is a game, and things happen, and you can't always execute your plan as perfectly as you'd like to.

Tom Glavine

GamePlanYouThings HappenAlways

Professor Tite has played a big role in the Selecao's ascent. He's a brilliant coach, with a unique way of working, but he's also a marvellous person. He makes everyone feel at ease.

Roberto Firmino

FeelUniquePersonWayBrilliant

Obama does not represent America. Nor does he represent anything what our forefathers stood for. This country is basically built on an attitude. It's a way of life. It's not because you're born here. It's not that you're supposed to take from those who have and give to those who haven't. That kills a country. It killed Russia.

Luke Scott

LifeAttitudeAmericaYouBornWay

Whatever science and philosophy may do for mankind, the world can never outgrow its need of the simplicity that is in Christ.

Lucy Larcom

ScienceSimplicityWorldPhilosophy

Keep enjoying it, and if you do that, then you are going to get better.

Brian McBride

BetterYouKeepGoingGetThen

Most people don't know who Ken Mehlman is. He's the chairman of the Republican Party, obviously, but what he's doing that Howard Dean isn't doing is spending a lot of time on the nuts and bolts of putting the party together.

Susan Estrich

TimeTogetherPeopleDoingParty

I'm not sure that Jesuits ever produce faithful Catholics. Because they're too fierce. It is Sturm und Drang, and it is guilt - it is all that battlefield stuff.

Peter Hammill

FierceGuiltFaithfulSureStuff

I love mixing horror with comedy.

Pedro Pascal

LoveComedyHorrorMixingI Love

The Irish seem to have more fire about them than the Scots.

Sean Connery

FireMoreIrishSeemThanAbout

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Rod Lurie