Anne Stevenson Quotes

Have you ever heard of a pianist who never had to practice - or of an architect who didn't bother to find out why buildings stand up?

Anne Stevenson

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PracticeStand UpStandYouFindUp

I've made a lot of stupid action films. But when we made The Matrix, we saw that people wanted more than that.

Joel Silver

PeopleStupidActionMoreSawMade

We felt we had to know something of his back story. I don't think people in the cinema would just accept that he's there. I think we had to learn how he (got there).

Andrew Lloyd Webber

PeopleStoryThinkLearnCinema

Taste and love are not the servants of the will. Love is and must be free. It rises from the heart like perfume from a flower.

Robert Green Ingersoll

LoveFlowerHeartLove IsFreeWill

What's the difference between Hollywood characters and my characters? Mine are real.

Spike Lee

HollywoodRealDifferenceMine

I used to watch 'The Jetsons' growing up. I used to think that this woman, Rosie, the robot housekeeper, was going to exist. I think we're far away from that happening.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

WomanGrowing UpThinkFar AwayUp

What works with your skin and eyes? Use that to zero in on your wardrobe.

Tom Ford

EyesSkinZeroYourWardrobeWorks

Spacewalking is a little like rock climbing in that everything, including and especially oneself, must be tethered or docked at all times. If you forget to tether a tool, it's gone. Ditto yourself.

Mary Roach

YourselfYouForgetRockEverything

Let's focus on how we can take someone who is being poorly educated in an American public school and how they are poorly trained for a job, and put in place those opportunities for them to get that education, give their parents choice in education, make it real for them.

Michael Steele

EducationFocusJobSchoolParents

I think the best directors rarely lose their temper.

Luke Evans

BestThinkLoseTemperI Think

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

Louisa May Alcott

CharacterInfluenceMagicPowerful

I do not believe on giving amnesty.

Doug Hoffman

BelieveGivingAmnesty

The key to staying together is making sure you guys like each other and need each other.

Chris Rock

TogetherKeyYouNeedSureLike

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