James Gray Quotes

The system is not really particularly amenable to filmmakers who write and direct their own work. It's much more about the studio already having a property that has a marketable concept and then hiring the director on board.

James Gray

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All the charges you enumerate have been made with one purpose in mind-to place our office on the defensive and make us waste valuable time answering allegations that have no basis in fact.

Jim Garrison

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I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.

John Steinbeck

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I have started using the expression 'compassionate activism': It's about keeping my heart open so that I can understand the point of view of the other person.

Tracee Ellis Ross

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I'm regarded outside New York University as a looney tunes leftie, self-hating Jewish communist; inside the university, I'm regarded as a typical, old-fashioned, white male liberal elitist. I like that. I'm on the edge of both; it makes me feel comfortable.

Tony Judt

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I think trying to create intimacy on a set with a boom over your head can be a little embarrassing.

Ruta Gedmintas

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In 2007, Michael Grimm, former Marine, former FBI agent, accountant and attorney, was poised for success as a small business owner. Instead, as alleged, Grimm made the choice to go from upholding the law to breaking it. In so doing, he turned his back on every oath he had ever taken.

Loretta Lynch

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Lady Gaga is one of the most amazingly talented musicians to bring her gifts to humanity in a long time.

Jared Polis

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Taro will continue to exist as an independent company.

Dilip Shanghvi

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Eating when you're not hungry and taking in that amount of food is exhausting.

Chris Hemsworth

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His middle name's Pax. When he's older, if he wants to go by Paxton, Pax, Tiger, he has that choice. So, he has no choice not to be average with a name like that. It could go horribly wrong - he could be a DJ in the Midwest with the name Tiger - we'll see.

Brendan Schaub

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What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

Boris Pasternak

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Cheese steaks are the gastronomic icons of this ethnic city.

Bryan Q. Miller

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