Sydney Pollack Quotes

By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do.

Sydney Pollack

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 1, 1934 - May 26, 2008

Topics

FocusPoliticsThinkPoliticalYou

I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.

John Hughes

ChangePeopleMeClothesYouNow

In my adult life, I had spent a lot of time angry at God, mostly over the sudden deaths in my family - my brother at 30, my daughter at 5.

Ann Hood

LifeFamilyDaughterGodTimeAngry

I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid.

Andy Serkis

GodThinkingThoughtDoingRemember

My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market.

Jean Paul Gaultier

ClothesLuxuryOverYearsEverything

I keep my personal life personal. I don't talk about it.

Stella Maxwell

LifePersonalTalkKeepAbout

Fiona Shaw is one of my idols. She's phenomenatastic. I just make up a word for her - that's how much I love her.

Rutina Wesley

LoveSheUpHerJustIdols

In Spain and Italy I would not have a life among the fans. Everyone wants to touch you, own you and approach you. I try to be as kind as possible to all my fans, but in those countries I could not do it. There they ask too much from you.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

LifeYouToo MuchKindPossibleTry

There is nothing better than work. Work is also play; children know that. Children play earnestly as if it were work. But people grow up, and they work with a sorrow upon them. It's duty.

Mary Oliver

WorkChildrenPeopleGrowBetter

I live a perfectly happy and comfortable life in Blair's Britain, but I can't work up much affection for the culture we've created for ourselves: it's too cynical, too knowing, too ironic, too empty of real value and meaning.

Jonathan Coe

LifeWorkLiveCultureValueHappy

Repentance means you change your mind so deeply that it changes you.

Bruce Wilkinson

ChangeMindYouChangesRepentance

If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become a poor man.

Aliko Dangote

PowerManI AmControlPovertyBad

I grew up playing every sport.

Paula Creamer

UpPlayingEverySportGrew

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