Richard Attenborough Quotes

I like to make films about people who changed the lives of others and asserted human dignity.

Richard Attenborough

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 29, 1923 - August 24, 2014

Topics

PeopleDignityOthersHumanChanged

My wife was too beautiful for words, but not for arguments.

John Barrymore

BeautifulWifeWordsToo

I'm still a hard-edged reporter, but I'm an optimist. I'm a perpetual optimist.

Joel Benenson

OptimistReporterStillPerpetual

Venezuela's government must work toward achieving a true culture of democracy for our region. There's no room for persecution based on ideological reasons or for thinking differently.

Mauricio Macri

WorkCultureGovernmentDemocracy

I think when you're on a show that takes place in N.Y.C. but film it in L.A. there is just a vibe that feels wrong.

Merritt Wever

ThinkYouWrongPlaceFilmVibe

A life spent largely among books, and in the exercise of a literary profession, has very obvious drawbacks, as a subject-matter, when one comes to write about it.

Mary Augusta Ward

LifeExerciseWriteObviousBooks

If you tell me I can't do something, it just makes me want to do it more.

Josie Maran

MeYouWantMoreTellSomething

I read a lot of science fiction and biography - these are my two favorite genres. My favorite science fiction writers are Hertling, Suarez, Gibson and Stephenson, but I enjoy many others. I dislike reading business books, although I skim a lot of them.

Brad Feld

BusinessScienceReadingEnjoyTwo

Any time I was at Trader Joes, and the person bagging my stuff would be like, 'Did I go to college with you? How do I know you?' Then it took awhile, and suddenly people were like, 'Oh, you are the girl from 'United States of Tara.'

Brie Larson

GirlTimePeopleCollegeYouPerson

The way that we're consuming what we watch. Netflix, binge-watching, destination agnostic were not terms. It was about networks, times, dates. Even with feature films, you had to see it this way, in this capacity, at this time. All that has changed. Now it's really about the story. It's a gift that I became a storyteller at this time.

Ava DuVernay

TimeDestinationGiftStoryYouWay

Want to be a well-paid bioethicist, with one, two, or even three university appointments? Just get yourself a two-piece navy polyester suit and follow these three simple rules: (1) Never name names. (2) Screw principles; just follow procedures. (3) Bury the money.

Alice Dreger

MoneySimpleYourselfNameRules

It's happy and secure people who the are most creative.

Winnie Byanyima

CreativeHappyPeopleSecureMost

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a certain level of cynicism.

Susan Estrich

PeopleNightViewCynicismLevel

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