Sydney Pollack Quotes

Beginnings and endings are not interesting; audiences want the high point, which means you've got to get to it and get to it now - get the gun out fast, the clothes off quick.

Sydney Pollack

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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I've nothing to say.

Anish Kapoor

SayNothing

Microsoft's an important partner for Dell, an important company in the industry.

Michael Dell

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That's what helps me in my career: I know how to relate to people, knowing what they want.

Metro Boomin

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Minneapolis has two seasons: Road Removal and Snow Repair.

Steven Brust

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When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me.

Stevie Wonder

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Filmmaking is a very complex form - ya know, acting, lighting, screenwriting, storytelling, music, editing - all these things have to come together.

Jay Duplass

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The speed you have, you can't practice it. You have to be fast from your birth on. There are other things you can practice, like flexibility or the little steps needed to stand good to the ball, but to be fast is a gift you get.

Dominic Thiem

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Anyone can see why an elite athlete would want to leave a small, impoverished country where their skills were effectively uncashed winning lottery tickets. All they had to do was wash ashore almost anywhere else in the world and cash in. Yet the vast majority of Cuban boxers - and Cuban athletes in general - despite that incentive, stayed.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

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That's everyone's motivation: to get to the playoffs and win the World Series.

Asdrubal Cabrera

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You're immortal, aren't you, until you get a little peek over the precipice. The thought of death...You're not supposed to start pondering it until you're old. And there's nothing like being told you've got a life-threatening disease to concentrate your mind on that.

Timothy Spall

MindStartThoughtYouNothingOver

What's success all about? What's philanthropy all about? Let's think of our legacy, following in the footsteps of some great Americans like the Carnegies and the Mellons who used their wealth for quality purposes.

Norman Braman

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Patsy Cline is my favorite singer in the entire world - she is my idol. I adore her.

Nikki Blonsky

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