Whit Stillman Quotes

It's intimidating for guys to hear women complain about their boyfriends. Guys imagine that girls are thrilled to have them around, and this is what they really talk about.

Whit Stillman

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WomenTalkComplainImagineHear

You need lofty goals. Then cement it with a great work ethic.

Jerry West

WorkGoalsGreatWork EthicYou

The sense of war, the extraordinary bravery of the Allied armies, the numbers, the losses, the real suffering that disappears in time and commemorative oratory, are not marked out in any red guidebook of the emotions, but they are present if you look.

John Vinocur

TimeWarRedSufferingPresentLook

I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.

Roberto Benigni

LifeBeautifulMoneySmallMore

Our entire political system is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written in their favor.

Michelle Alexander

PoliticalRulesPoliticiansBuying

I tend to judge a piece of criticism by how smart I find the argument. This, I know,, is not how everyone does it.

Michelle Dean

SmartCriticismJudgeFindArgument

We must all assume out responsibilities to take the country forward.

Lucas Papademos

ForwardCountryOutAssumeTake

There's also, I think more so in the music business and especially for women, this ceiling that people put on you if you have children or a family and decide to spend time with them.

Juice Newton

FamilyWomenBusinessMusicChildren

Running at night used to frighten me. Part of it was simply safety, the question of whether level ground would truly appear under each tentative footstep, and whether the temporary but complete blindness suffered while running toward headlights was, in fact, concealing death.

Don Kardong

DeathMeSafetyNightQuestionUsed

I don't appreciate people invading my privacy.

Dolores O'Riordan

PeopleAppreciatePrivacyInvading

It seems to me that humour is everybody's way of keeping sane and standing off from the situations so that they can see it intellectually, as well as emotionally, and I don't know whether you've noticed, but if somebody tells a joke, it's nearly always a mini fantasy.

Diana Wynne Jones

MeYouKnowFantasyWaySee

If I were like a lot of other people, then it wouldn't be fun; but since I'm like me, it's okay.

Branford Marsalis

FunPeopleMeOkayLikeSince

American museums have become cautious, because it is very hard to get money to do something different or controversial.

Pontus Hulten

MoneyAmericanBecomeMuseumsHard

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