Mira Nair Quotes

I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that continues to give Americans indigestion... Direction is about having a vision, but the practice of being a director is a con game - a confidence game.

Mira Nair

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: indian
  • Birth: October 15, 1957

Topics

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I definitely swear more than I should.

Joe Kennedy III

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Luck has had a great deal to do with my career.

John Glover

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People are always going to say stupid things, and you're always going to be able to make jokes about that, but it should be the last thing you add in, because it's the easiest thing.

John Oliver

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People call me wild. Not really though, I'm not. I guess I've never been normal, not what you call Establishment. I'm country.

Johnny Cash

PeopleMeYouCountryNeverWild

There are always discussions about casting stars in lead roles in theater - especially when you're working with commercial producers - and it's not something I'm against, not at all. But any casting has to be right for the project.

John Tiffany

StarsYouProjectRightAlwaysLead

Haven't we put off problems without clarifying Japan's will to protect the lives and assets of its people and territory with its own hands, and merely accepted the benefits of economic prosperity?

Shinzo Abe

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Good things are often birthed from adversity.

Robert A. Schuller

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I've known a lot of religious people. My mother is very religious, but she also is very private about it. When I was growing up, she never went to church. She just prayed and read her Bible and kept it to herself. I'm not from a background of flamboyant believers. It's much more a personal issue.

Michael Shannon

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What you do in film and television is really different than what you do in video games.

Bobby Kotick

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Tell me one director who will go on record to say that I don't get along with them? I get along famously with all my directors because I am what I am today because of them.

Anushka Sharma

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Koch Industries is a multibillion-dollar business.

Austan Goolsbee

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I liked to read but, being a dancer, I didn't have a lot of time to read.

Suzanne Farrell

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