Whit Stillman Quotes

Paris is a Roach Motel for top American journalists: They check in, having won the plum foreign posting, but never leave.

Whit Stillman

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AmericanParisNeverTopLeaveWon

What happens is that the people who are leaders in any field are copied. I mean, there's a reason why every wine newsletter tends to look like mine. They see someone who's been successful, so they sort of copy these same ideas.

Robert M. Parker, Jr.

PeopleIdeasWineSomeoneLookCopy

Contrary to popular belief, Henry VIII did not divorce any of his wives. He had sought an annulment from Catherine of Aragon - which he finally awarded to himself after the pope's continued refusal. When it came to Anne's turn, Henry took the easy route by having her found guilty of treason.

Amanda Foreman

DivorceEasyGuiltyTreasonBelief

My parents have always been open to me trying new things, whether it's yoga or ballet or tap or jazz or piano or horse riding.

Sofia Vassilieva

New ThingsParentsMeHorseTrying

I get a lot of mail from boys in detention centers, including one from a center where they only had a few copies of my novel. They had a deal with each other that they'd read a couple of chapters and then slide it under the door to the next guy. I think that's very cool.

Simone Elkeles

CoolDoorThinkMailNextGuy

Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.

Simone Weil

LifeGodLife Is APerfectParable

Comedy is far more difficult, as it involves improvisation and impromptu acting, and as an actor, that came as a welcome break for me.

Divyanka Tripathi

WelcomeMeComedyActingActorMore

If you put junk into your body, your body is going to give you junk results.

Draymond Green

YouBodyResultsYour BodyGoing

In Hollywood there's a great openness, almost a voracious appetite for new people. In England there's a great suspicion of the new. In cultural terms, that can be a good thing, but when you're trying to break into the film industry, it's definitely a bad thing.

Christopher Nolan

GoodGreatPeopleTryingYouBad

Among golfers the putter is usually known as the payoff club and how right that is! Putting is in fact a game in itself.

Bobby Locke

GameRightClubPayoffFactHow

If I could live in one city and do every single thing I do there, I would choose Venice. You can't turn your head without seeing something amazing.

Nile Rodgers

LiveCityAmazingYouChooseSeeing

In the years of the Red Terror that followed the Bolshevik Revolution, the voice of dissent was stifled by universal denunciations, house searches, and preventive arrests.

Norman Davies

RedVoiceRevolutionHouseYears

I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.

Richard Linklater

LoveMoviesBeingJustLikeSet

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