Arthur Penn Quotes

A lot of directors in television have come up through the technical ranks. They have all the technical skills in the world. They're not all that familiar with actors.

Arthur Penn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 27, 1922 - September 28, 2010

Topics

WorldTelevisionSkillsThroughUp

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

Jerry Reinsdorf

TeamOverYearsPlayersWorseLiked

Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon.

John Berger

TravelPeopleHorizonSeeingOthers

I wasn't a kid who wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a doctor. I was kind of morbid. I was really into the body and how it could go wrong. I wanted to dig up bodies from the graveyard.

Jennifer Egan

DoctorBodyWrongGoKindKid

You could almost write an opera about the selection of music directors for orchestras. The intrigues are really interesting, and then, at the end, the results are completely unexpected.

Andris Nelsons

MusicEndInterestingUnexpectedYou

Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.

Anatole France

LifeWaterIgnoranceBreadError

People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms.

John Holdren

ChangePeopleImpactPowerfulSeeing

I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

Sophia Loren

LiveMemoriesPastPeopleYouHide

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

Storm Jameson

WomenMenThinkLearnAttentionYou

Unelected bureaucrats in Washington should not have anything to do with the healthcare decisions made between a patient and their doctor.

Steve Scalise

DoctorDecisionsHealthcareAnything

I refuse to go into a fast-food outlet - to use the toilet even - in case anyone got the wrong idea and thought I was sneaking in a quick burger.

Jonny Wilkinson

BurgerThoughtWrongGoQuickIdea

Everyone has their own insecurities, regardless of how you look or how people perceive you, but sometimes people give their insecurities too much power. Defining beauty is simply a matter of opinion. For me, real beauty has very little to do with the structure of someone's face or body.

Devon Aoki

BeautyPowerPeopleMeOpinionFace

I'm pale-skinned so I don't feel at my best on a beach.

Clive Anderson

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