Gus Van Sant Quotes

There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.

Gus Van Sant

Recitation: by Male by Female

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DieProblemPersonInevitableWay

People say you make your own luck; I don't think that's the case, but maybe you contribute to your luck by recognizing it and taking advantage of it.

Jerry Reinsdorf

PeopleLuckThinkYouSayOwn

I found that if I stack the moments correctly, people will believe in the most outrageous things.

Michael Carbonaro

PeopleBelieveMomentsWillThings

If I can't be happy, nobody can be happy.

Amanda Eliasch

HappyBe HappyNobody

If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back?

Steven Wright

WaveYouBackHeatSawWould

Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyte Saga' was on. Now we all just have a long list of unwatched shows, all of which, it seems, our friends are raving about. I feel as outdated as if I wore a Fair Isle sweater, ate Pot Noodle and had a two-bar electric fire in the sitting room.

Simon Hoggart

LifeFireFeelFriendsLongSitting

I adore the tapestries at the Musee de Cluny in Paris!

Mary Helen Bowers

ParisAdore

The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good.

Jonathan Sacks

GoodUniverseMatterMoreCreator

I considered Nat King Cole to be a friend and, in many ways, a mentor. He always had words of profound advice.

Diahann Carroll

FriendWordsKingAdviceMentorHe

For all of higher civilization's recorded history, becoming a man was defined overwhelmingly as taking responsibility for a family.

Dennis Prager

FamilyHistoryResponsibilityMan

I think we should take Iraq and Iran and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people live in one place and get it over with.

Denis Leary

LivePeopleThinkCountryPlaceGet

Nothing is more important to national security and the making and conduct of good policy than timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence. Nothing is more critical to accurate and relevant intelligence than independent analysis.

Dennis C. Blair

GoodIntelligenceSecurityImportant

In the U.K., working-class lives are depicted with the characters' humour, but in the U.S., people with difficulties are often depicted with pious or simply dreary lives.

Debra Granik

PeopleDifficultiesHumourSimply

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