Danis Tanovic Quotes

I don't think that 'No Man's Land' is a comedy. I think that it's a serious film with a good sense of humour.

Danis Tanovic

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: bosniak
  • Birth: February 20, 1969

Topics

GoodManThinkComedySeriousLand

Ideally, when you play a character, she goes away with half of you, and you go away with half of her. And you learn something.

Jessie Buckley

CharacterLearnYouPlayGoShe

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

WordsWhoAbsentGenerousThose

I looked at the circus, and I looked at the carnival, at the fun fair. But I looked at sleeping accommodations and decided I was too middle class to put up with that! So then I joined the theater and found I could choose my own bedroom. I loved the atmosphere. I loved that we worked till midnight and didn't start till ten.

Jeremy Irons

FunStartLovedChooseCircusClass

I've flown across America, I've scaled fences, I've stood under windows and gone out of my way hundreds of times. I'm a hopeless romantic. There's no hope for me.

Joel Madden

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If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

John Cleese

GodFoodAnimalsWhyEatMeat

I was brought up poor, but I've earned every cent in my bank account.

Matt Hardy

PoorBankUpEarnedEveryAccount

I must confess that I'm not a great reader. At the moment I'm reading my son's 'Stig of the Dump' by Clive King and I've got a plant catalogue on the go.

Sophie Thompson

SonGreatMomentKingReadingPlant

There's a gap somehow between empathy and activism. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke of 'soul force' - something that emanates from a deep truth inside of us and empowers us to act. Once you identify your inner genius, you will be able to take action, whether it's writing a check or digging a well.

Sue Monk Kidd

TruthSoulEmpathyKingWritingYou

People do not make wars; governments do.

Ronald Reagan

PeopleMakeWarsGovernments

My mother wasn't controlling at all. She was a stabilizing force who grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania. Now it's the big circle game. Taking care of her is a great blessing for me. I'll tuck her into bed, kiss her on the cheek, wipe up the mess on her blouse from whatever she spilled.

Christine Ebersole

MotherGreatBlessingKissMeGame

I've always gravitated towards those ultimate lines in songs, the line you grab on to. That line in 'Smells Like Teen Spirit,' 'Here we are now/Entertain us' - the irony, the antagonism; that's always stuck with me.

Corey Taylor

TeenMeYouSpiritIronyLine

That period afterwards, just hating being the winner of the Tour de France, hating cycling, hating the media for asking me questions about Lance Armstrong.

Bradley Wiggins

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