Milos Forman Quotes

When I entered the film school at the Prague Academy in the '50s, it was the hardest time in the Communist countries. The ideological control of the society was almost absolute.

Milos Forman

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Right now I own shares of companies in 28 countries.

Jim Rogers

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I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

Jenny Mollen

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I write in expectation that readers want to participate in a kind of two-sided game: They are trying to guess what I am up to - what the story's up to - and I'm giving them clues and matter to keep them interested without giving everything away at the start. Even the rules, if any, of the game are for the reader to discover.

John Crowley

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My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to be a novelist were long, always plotted, novels - not just Victorian novels, but also those of my New England ancestors: Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

John Irving

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I get people saying, 'Opera is too large a canvas for me. I don't love it. I love movies that feel almost like documentaries,' in terms of artistic vocabularies of storytelling. I totally get that discussion; that makes sense to me.

Jeff Perry

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I started as a model in Mexico - I was traveling, but my base was in Mexico City. And then I studied acting for three years.

Stephanie Sigman

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I liked the idea of being a writer and letting somebody else do the graft.

Siouxsie Sioux

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The speed at which technology evolves affects everyone; we repeatedly hear that constant innovation is overwhelming for consumers, who struggle to keep pace.

Ross Levinsohn

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My father was an obsessive bird-watcher. The genes of observation passed down.

Martin Parr

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I think America is in trouble, but it's not beyond repair. But it's going to take leadership who sees the greatness of this country and who believes that, once again, we can be one nation under God.

Mike Huckabee

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I'd hate to be a sex symbol. Because you're always having to live up to an image. I haven't got time to sit around doing my nails.

Julia Sawalha

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It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.

Joseph Altuzarra

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