Billy Wilder Quotes

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original.

Billy Wilder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 22, 1906 - March 27, 2002

Topics

WorkTryingWillSheOriginalKeep

A symphony is no joke.

Johannes Brahms

JokeSymphony

Insurance companies, government agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry all push for mental health care that is brief, intermittent, and focused on quick fixes, despite the fact that many people struggle with emotional difficulties that can only be addressed over time using special psychodynamic skills.

Robert J. Waldinger

HealthTimeStruggleGovernmentPush

If you patent a discovery which is unique, say a human gene or even just one particular function of a human gene, then you are actually creating a monopoly, and that's not the purpose of the world of patents.

John Sulston

PurposeWorldYouUniqueDiscovery

That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in the world. I don't think artists have a greater responsibility than anyone else.

Tracy Chapman

GoodResponsibilityWorldBelieveUp

Definitely, there is a sense in my writing that people now know me in a personal way. And to an extent, that's true because I write about very personal things, and I use the personal often to contextualize some of these sociopolitical issues that we're dealing with. And to an extent, they're right. They know something about me.

Roxane Gay

PeopleMeWritingKnowPersonalWay

My family was very notorious in the town that we lived in. Everyone would say, 'There goes those damn Sams.' I didn't want to paint that ill picture of me. I knew the good in my family. They didn't know our background and the adversity we had to endure. I wanted to succeed and be a beacon of hope in my family.

Michael Sam

FamilyGoodAdversityHopeMeKnow

I think probably songwriters are gonna be the toughest critics... I think of it as a community. And we all sort of feed off of each other.

Jason Isbell

CommunityThinkCriticsFeedOff

Water security is not just for domestic policies. International co-operation is crucial to sustainably manage trans-boundary water bodies and river basins.

Jose Angel Gurria

WaterRiverSecurityJustDomestic

Sometimes things don't go your way, but you get up and keep going.

CM Punk

Keep GoingYouGoSometimesWayUp

With technology tracking us everywhere we go, 'cosplay' might become our best defense against surveillance.

Annalee Newitz

TechnologyBestGoBecomeAgainst

If I would use anything from 'The Little Prince,' even some little quote, it's all copyrighted in France. Like Walt Disney in this country, it's a national treasure.

Peter Sis

CountryTreasureLittleAnything

You can do fascinating things with the tricks memory can play and tell. People can come to believe things which didn't happen at all if they're told them enough times.

Paula Hawkins

MemoryPeopleBelieveEnoughYou

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