Elia Kazan Quotes

For years after I resigned, I was still faithful to their way of thinking. But not in the American Communists.

Elia Kazan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 7, 1909 - September 28, 2003

Topics

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It is the strange fate of man, that even in the greatest of evils the fear of the worst continues to haunt him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I give off rather mixed messages about the law. On the one hand, I can honestly say I don't miss working in a law office. On the other hand I do enjoy watching the law and while the profession may have its problems, I have sold zillions of books out of magnifying them.

John Grisham

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True Americanism is practical idealism. Its aims, instead of being materialistic and mechanical, are idealistic to the point of being Utopian. In this way, the U.S. can provide and express ideals that strike a chord in humans everywhere - a declaration of independence on behalf of all the peoples of the world.

Maurice Saatchi

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A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Amos Bronson Alcott

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You have two choices, two paths to take as a comedian. You can tackle the difficult subjects and be harsh about it, be brash, be abrasive. But adding hatred to racism is not going to help everybody. So I like to have fun around it.

Trevor Noah

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Boxing is all about timing. And if you take long periods of inactivity, you will be made to pay the price.

Tony Bellew

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As an actor, I have these tics that I don't even know exist.

Jonathan Groff

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I talked about the barriers created by monopolies. I said that it was the role of government to break up these monopolies and that we couldn't do it alone.

Joichi Ito

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My aunt played the piano and I used to sit and listen to it.

Dick Dale

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My sisters, we didn't like each other as kids. We were scared of each other, I think, but we've grown to love each other. It was fun to write about these sisters who were supposed to hate each other but really don't.

Dorothy Allison

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Quite often, I'll be sent a script for a movie. And I find that I like it, so I say I'll do it. But then they rewrite it for me. They make it quirky. Odd. I find that rather annoying. I call it Walkenising.

Christopher Walken

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Love is what brings us into this world.

Svetlana Alexievich

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