Cleveland Amory Quotes

A 'good' family, it seems, is one that used to be better.

Cleveland Amory

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 2, 1917 - October 14, 1998

Topics

FamilyGoodBetterUsedSeems

One thing that everybody told me about directing was, 'Never compromise'. And the whole job is a compromise. So it's very paradoxical. How do you not compromise when the whole thing is about compromise?

Matt Dillon

JobMeCompromiseYouNeverWhole

I hate the expression, 'I'm not fake.'

Michael Bisping

HateFakeExpression

The guys have a lot of good cars built up. We're going to do some more testing before we go back to Las Vegas and try to win at Vegas again. We need to get off to a quick start.

Sterling Marlin

GoodWinStartVegasBackGo

For ten years Caesar ruled with an iron hand. Then with a wooden foot, and finally with a piece of string.

Spike Milligan

Ten YearsHandYearsIronFootTen

I was a redhead and a middle child; both can make you feel excluded. It's like fighting to be included, in the swim of things. After a while you start to develop a bit of a victim mentality, which isn't great for a happy life.

Shirley Manson

LifeGreatHappyChildHappy Life

I've made 'The Pilgrimage' - where I actually had to speak Gaelic - and I was shooting in Belfast as well.

Tom Holland

SpeakShootingWherePilgrimageWell

One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose.

Jean Anouilh

StrengthWorldChooseBeyondHuman

The grittier, the dirtier, the worse I can look, the happier I am. It takes the pressure off.

Douglas Booth

I AmPressureLookI CanOffWorse

Speech, not violence, is how we will bridge the divides between us.

Deeyah Khan

BridgeViolenceSpeechWillUsHow

I really enjoy doing the action stuff, but you have to be careful about who you say yes to with the action stuff 'cause some people want to do it but don't know how, and then it just becomes incredibly frustrating.

Philip Winchester

PeopleActionDoingEnjoyYouKnow

I'm fascinated by people's obsession with how they look and how humans really do judge you within the first few seconds of meeting you.

Poppy

PeopleJudgeYouLookMeetingFirst

Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development.

Norman Macleod

CharacterChildrenWritingBookYou

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