David Puttnam Quotes

At its best, cinema does retain a remarkable ability to speak to people of every age, from every background, and in ways that almost any other art form in popular culture struggles to compete with.

David Puttnam

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: producer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 25, 1941

Topics

AgeArtBestCulturePeopleSpeak

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

Jewel

MyselfSleepSongRockAngelsTry

Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.

Andrew Bernstein

LifeNatureHeroStruggleManEarth

I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.

Maya Rudolph

WomenPowerYourselfPeopleWriting

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It's a lesson I've had to relearn quite a few times.

Robert Kiyosaki

TrustTeamLessonSometimesHardest

Ross Perot came and visited Apple several times and visited the Macintosh factory. Ross was a systems thinker.

John Sculley

AppleThinkerFactorySystemsCame

I grew up playing guitar in the late Nineties, early 2000s, so a very acoustic-driven pop-rock era, and then in college, I started listening to Jason Isbell and Kacey Musgraves. Then I really fell in love when I discovered really old country, like June Carter Cash - one of my all-time favorites.

Trixie Mattel

LoveCollegeListeningGuitarEarly

In one thousand years of Russia's existence, its first popular national election ever to be held occurred in June 1991. Six days later, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed in Moscow!

Russell M. Nelson

ElectionChoirFirstExistenceDays

I don't want to be mysterious.

Claire Denis

WantMysterious

I do good in the world - at least I try to. I speak on behalf of women, and I know I have made the lives of women happier as a result of teaching them what I have learned relative to true health rather than disease care.

Suzanne Somers

GoodWomenHealthWorldSpeakCare

I was dating my first boyfriend in high school for a long time, and we broke up before prom. I hadn't met anyone else that I really wanted to go with, and my friends have always been amazing. So I went with my friends and got a million photos with them!

Shay Mitchell

TimeDatingSchoolAmazingFriends

There will only ever be one Prince.

Sherilyn Fenn

WillOnlyPrinceEver

I remember the first time I ever showed my parents a song that I had written. The content may have been a little darker than they were used to, or really introspective in a way that may have been uncomfortable. I thought they'd retaliate with some kind of judgment or concern about whether I was feeling all right, but they were proud of it.

Tyler Joseph

TimeParentsSongProudThoughtWay

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