Douglas Sirk Quotes

So slowly in my mind formed the idea of melodrama, a form I found to perfection in American pictures. They were naive, they were that something completely different. They were completely Art-less.

Douglas Sirk

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: April 26, 1897 - January 14, 1987

Topics

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In the year of 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening, which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life.

John Coltrane

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To some people, power is a noun. To others, it's a verb.

Andre Carson

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Hysteria is something that I've been interested for a very long time. I thought I might have it, but it seems that it's unlikely.

Siri Hustvedt

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I grew up to the sound of live music in our Brooklyn household.

Tony Visconti

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Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.

Robert Frost

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Prayer reminds me it's not just about me. It's about all the people with whom I share this planet, and all of whom God has created, and all of whom he cares just as much about as he cares about me.

Mike Huckabee

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Though it's a small price to pay, shaving my head has opened more doors than I ever thought possible.

Michael Rosenbaum

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David Lander and I met in September of 1965. We were both students at Carnegie Tech, as it was then known. Before the Mellon money came in.

Michael McKean

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Now, I am not saying that there is one single type of individual who is a better type of terrorist than another. What I am saying is that the circumstances that push certain individuals over the edge, to become terrorists, are generally very, very similar.

Loretta Napoleoni

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Maria Bamford is someone who's really inspired me in a big way.

Chris Gethard

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No idea for a new growth business ever comes fully shaped. When it emerges, it's half-baked, and it then goes through a process of becoming fully shaped.

Clayton M. Christensen

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Good executives, like all good leaders, must expect opposition when making decisions or when making or enforcing the law. But executives must engage those that disagree with them.

Brian Sandoval

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