Kevin Macdonald Quotes

The first documentary I saw that tried to show the actual experience of being a soldier in combat was 'The Anderson Platoon,' by French director Pierre Schoendoerffer, which won the Oscar for best documentary in 1967.

Kevin Macdonald

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Representing not just the resurrection of a career, 1953 marked 37-year-old Frank Sinatra's creative emergence as the best singer of his century.

Steve Erickson

BestCreativeCareerSingerJust

One way to make a positive out of a negative is that you can put it into your work.

Stephen Adly Guirgis

PositiveWorkNegativeYouWayOut

Philately is normally a boys' hobby but for some reason it was in vogue at my junior school. Between the ages of eight and ten I collected avidly. I'd pore over my Stanley Gibbons book, obsessively checking my collection's value. I always hoped I'd stumble across a really valuable one, a Penny Black or an Inverted Jenny, but it wasn't to be.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

SchoolValueBookBlackHobbyPenny

I think it's highly unprofessional to not make weight.

Robert Whittaker

ThinkWeightMakeI ThinkHighly

It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.

Roberto Benigni

GratitudeMediocrityYouModeration

I don't make the decision about what percentage of good guy or bad guy I play. For some reason, if I put my energy into the bad guy, that scares people. It's magic.

Rutger Hauer

GoodDecisionPeopleEnergyMagic

I built a company, a team, and a brand that started right here. It was an American success story, and it started right here in Arizona.

Doug Ducey

SuccessTeamStoryBrandAmerican

The dynamic of fathers and sons seems to be more around competition regarding things such as knowledge, accomplishments, expertise.

Deborah Tannen

KnowledgeCompetitionMoreThings

I grew up in New York, and I've always been surrounded by fashion. My grandmother used to write for 'Vogue' in the '50s, and my mother was a dancer and a model.

Dean Winters

MotherNew YorkFashionNewWrite

I know, as an overachiever straight-A student in school, I always responded to smart, strong, women represented on screen.

Allison Scagliotti

WomenSchoolSmartStrongStudent

The aim is to postpone frailty, postpone degenerative disease, debilitation and so on and thereby shorten the period at the end of life, which is passed in a decrepit or disabled state, while extending life as a whole.

Aubrey de Grey

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It takes an extraordinary intelligence to contemplate the obvious.

Alfred North Whitehead

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