Colin Trevorrow Quotes

I feel like, whatever movie I was making, there would always be moments of human intimacy and insight into a little bit of what makes us tick as people.

Colin Trevorrow

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PeopleFeelMomentsInsightHuman

I seldom go into a natural history museum without feeling as if I were attending a funeral.

John Burroughs

HistoryFeelingMuseumGoWithout

I think that Poe is so resonant because he represents that part of us that is in misery or sorrowful or wants to explore the darkness. He wrote a great story called 'The Imp of the Perverse' about the instinct towards self-destruction. Poe is the godfather of Goth literature and that whole movement.

John Cusack

GreatDarknessStoryThinkMovement

Peace is the first thing the angels sang.

John Keble

PeaceAngelsFirstThingSang

The great thing about the Internet is that it allows people to find and consume music.

Andy Taylor

MusicGreatPeopleInternetFind

For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, I discovered that the implausibility and the thinness of the people distracted me unduly from the plot.

John Updike

PeopleMeMysteryYearsReadPlot

My education as a filmmaker has been entirely practical. I started working professionally in the film business in 1970, and I've been at it steadily since, and I pay a lot of attention.

Tommy Lee Jones

EducationBusinessAttentionPay

Whatever they do, criminals and non-criminals act in particular ways. Some writers, for instance, use computers, others pen and paper. Some write in the morning, some at night. Each writer has a distinct style, with variations in grammar, sentence structure, and voice.

Ronald Kessler

MorningStyleNightComputersVoice

I'm not someone who calculates things.

Diane von Furstenberg

SomeoneThingsWho

I purchased a 1955 Rolls-Royce that my wife liked because it was new the year we were married. Then came a 1926 Hispano-Suiza Cabriolet that I bought at my first classic car auction after I had three martinis. As more cars were added, I had to buy a warehouse.

Clive Cussler

CarWifeYearNewThreeClassic

I think I'm a living embodiment of, 'Don't try to push me around or squash me,' whether its how I talk to a record label or in my relationships.

Bonnie Raitt

MeThinkPushLivingRelationships

As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives.

Brian Moore

JourneyLongCountryYoungAlways

What is the role of a public intellectual in the age of Twitter and soundbites? Is it to share your thoughts for the public good, or is it to curate the heaps of hate emails, tweets, and right-wing articles that trash your intellectual and social work?

Anthea Butler

WorkGoodAgeHateThoughtsTrash

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