Alexander Payne Quotes

The kindest thing a director can do is look with open eyes at everything.

Alexander Payne

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EyesLookDirectorOpenEverything

I recognise that Socialism has ended its purely theoretical course, and that the hour to construct has come.

John Burns

SocialismComeCourseConstructHour

I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.

Jenna Bush

SportsSchoolHigh SchoolThinkHigh

I didn't need tempting back to the theatre. It's always been something I'd wanted to do again and again and again, but with every job, you can only take what's in front of you or what's offered.

Andrew Gower

JobTheatreYouBackNeedAlways

There's no explanation for success. Success just comes out of life.

Meat Loaf

LifeSuccessOutJustExplanation

Command that in no way there be in your household any who make strife, discord or divisions in the hostel, but all shall be of one accord, of one will as of one heart and one soul.

Robert Grosseteste

HeartSoulWillWayHostelYour

In corn, I think I've found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonald's meal, virtually all the carbon in it - and what we eat is mostly carbon - comes from corn.

Michael Pollan

FoodThinkKeyAmericanYouLook

When 'Titanic' came out on VHS, I was working at a Sam's Club, which is already the worst. I don't know what you know about working for the Walton family, but it's horrific.

Chris Cubas

FamilyYouKnowWorstClubOut

While I was a voracious movie-goer as a boy, I never put writing and films together in my mind.

Christopher McQuarrie

TogetherMindWritingBoyNeverPut

I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite tricky and actually nerve-racking to do that. It's kind of a happy train wreck.

Craig Ferguson

I AmHappyTrainKindWhyTry

You and I can be busy, and we take a vacation from work. You can't take a break from being poor. You can't say, 'Hey I've had enough of worrying about money, I'm just going to be rich for a couple of weeks until I've recovered.'

Sendhil Mullainathan

WorkMoneyVacationBusyRichYou

I think health care is a mess. I think that, as a free market person, you can't even have that discussion unless you know what the service costs.

Rick Santelli

HealthServiceFreeThinkCareYou

It's bloody annoying being shy. I'll spend a whole evening at a party asking everyone else about themselves. I'm not being self-deprecating; it's because I'm too shy to talk about myself. So people come away from the evening actually having learnt nothing about me.

Richard C. Armitage

MyselfPeopleMeEveningPartyShy

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