William Friedkin Quotes

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

William Friedkin

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I ought to be more hardboiled; I'd like to be. I don't think I have it in me. To write in clipped sentences. To employ gritty metaphor in the introduction of sultry blondes... I can't do it, so why bother trying?

Jesse Kellerman

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Aubrey Plaza is absolutely amazing.

Jeff Baena

AmazingAbsolutelyPlaza

Michael Moore became an industry hero and the most visible symbol of the Hollywood left.

Michael Medved

HeroHollywoodIndustryLeftMost

Perhaps one reason we are fascinated by cats is because such a small animal can contain so much independence, dignity, and freedom of spirit. Unlike the dog, the cat's personality is never bet on a human's. He demands acceptance on his own terms.

Lloyd Alexander

DogFreedomCatsPersonalityAnimal

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked.

Little Richard

TimeBeginningPeopleWorldGay

When Thomas and John Knoll launched Photoshop 1.0 in 1990, the software couldn't even handle color images. But their offerings got the startup noticed by Apple and Adobe, both of whom became key to the fledgling company's later success.

Jay Samit

SuccessColorKeyAppleSoftware

People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.

Dolly Parton

HeartPeopleLookWantWhyJokes

I didn't necessarily set out to be in musical theater, but that's where my path has taken me, and I've been loving and enjoying it ever since.

Diana DeGarmo

PathMeLovingOutWhereBeen

News is so often a report of conflict, an account of problems, a thing of the day and even of the minute, that sometimes I think we make the background darker and the shadows deeper than they actually are.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

DayConflictProblemsThinkShadows

The philosophic spirit of inquiry may be traced to brute curiosity, and that to the habit of examining all things in search of food.

William Winwood Reade

FoodHabitCuriositySearchSpirit

In the end, a gun is an instrument to make someone surrender to your will or die, and music is exactly the opposite - it's seductive and invitational.

Pedro Reyes

MusicGunEndSomeoneDieSurrender

Actors always think that others are getting more work than them. In my case, they usually are.

Richard E. Grant

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