Paul Mellon Quotes

In a way, my father was lucky. He had a hunch that his vision of the National Gallery would interest other collectors and persuade them to come in with him, and that hunch proved to be right.

Paul Mellon

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FatherVisionWayLuckyRightHim

I always like to get a role where I think, 'Ah, I know this is probably going to be played like this, but I'm going to do it like this.'

Jennifer Coolidge

ThinkKnowAlwaysGoingGetRole

I do devotion in the morning. I pray and I read the word.

Andra Day

MorningDevotionPrayReadWord

I started directing videos at the same time that Michel Gondry was starting to direct videos, and I watched what he'd do. They all seemed to be pushing some new visual effects idea, but never just for spectacle. They all captured a feeling.

Spike Jonze

TimeFeelingNewNeverStarting

I, as a fan of numerous TV shows and movies, know that people mess up. The characters that we love are not always going to act in the ways that we want them to. That's what makes them interesting.

Rita Volk

LovePeopleInterestingKnowMovies

In the 1940s, the petroleum business was an American game, and it was enormously to our advantage that the world ran on oil.

Robert Zubrin

BusinessWorldGameAmericanOil

I do love my avocados, which are great for the skin. I eat pretty healthfully.

Mary-Louise Parker

LoveGreatSkinEatPrettyWhich

The picture is all he feels about it, all he thinks worth preserving of it, all he invests it with. If all the qualities which a painter took from the model for his picture were really taken, no person could be painted twice.

Lucian Freud

PictureWorthPersonTwicePainter

I think, so often, people go quick to that nepotism: 'I should be OK; my cousin's a producer. I can get into the movie.' How about audition, earn the part, and feel confident in knowing that the director felt you were the right person for the job versus hiring you because you know somebody?

Jovan Adepo

JobPeopleRight PersonThinkYou

If I'm going on any trip, driving music is key. Road Hammers is good driving music. I don't mind listening to my own stuff. You record it for a certain reason. You fall in a love with a certain song at a certain time and how you record it is a labour of love. You better love it.

Jason McCoy

LoveGoodMusicTimeMindSong

I haven't ever found any great writing on that wonderful and often unappreciated art form, the insult.

Dick Cavett

GreatArtWritingInsultWonderful

I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.

Chetan Bhagat

StoryThinkYouTellOriginalGet

All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

Brian K. Vaughan

TruthWritingSoundSameUpJust

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