Haskell Wexler Quotes

There's a scene in 'Medium Cool' in which a young man walks by with a sign that says, 'Sanity, please.' If anything summarizes what I was feeling at that time, it is that sign.

Haskell Wexler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1922 - December 27, 2015

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The other day, I said I should write a song, 'When Does the New Wear Off?' I think it would be a helluva title.

Jimmy Dean

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I'm not happy to be here. I'm just happy to be!

Jim Valvano

HappyHereJust

A career in the theatre demands so much commitment.

Jim Dale

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I quit smoking the day I found out I was pregnant, which was nine years ago. But I'll still smoke in a movie. I have other vices, you know, like potato chips and chardonnay - but not together.

Jean Smart

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I love tomatoes, and they're so good for you.

Mika Brzezinski

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We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with government support, is promising - more than promising, I think, it's substantial.

Mitch Kapor

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I am not a fan of rats or pigeons. In New York City, they have become very confident. When I was a child, you went on the subways, and the rats would stay down on the tracks, but now they hang out on the platform.

Julia Stiles

I AmNew YorkChildCityConfident

There's always some kind of hidden logic.

Christian Lacroix

LogicKindHiddenAlwaysSome

People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous.

Clifford Geertz

PeopleSociologyNervousKeepAsking

A career for me is something like building a bridge. You know, where to put the lifts. You have a plan. I have a blueprint for each film, but not for my life.

Claire Denis

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We're all just waiting for our sugar lumps. That's how life has been structured for us.

Anohni

LifeWaitingSugarUsBeenJust

The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

Anne Frank

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