Ben Wheatley Quotes

You really have to be careful with the clues you lay into the film - if they're too heavy-handed, or you've pandered to a slightly stupider audience, then you've spoiled it for the people who are even slightly smart.

Ben Wheatley

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The team was supported by the fans, and the city was committed to a new building. But that wasn't good enough for Walter O'Malley. He had a better deal, and he passed up a good deal for a better one. I don't think that was right, because ownership of a ballclub is at least a semi-public trust.

Jerry Reinsdorf

GoodTrustCityTeamBuildingThink

I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.

Jeremy Renner

TimeAngryRestShyBandOut

Authors use 'almost' to avoid stating an outright fact, as though there were something inauthentic, dishonest, unfinished, undecided or even unwholesome - some might say repulsive, tacky, snub-nosed, too direct - in qualifying anything as definitely a this or a that.

Andre Aciman

SayAnythingSomethingAlmostAvoid

Eternal life should be sought elsewhere, perhaps in the religious community, not politics.

Matt Salmon

LifeCommunityPoliticsEternal Life

I'm really good at pretending.

Sophie McShera

GoodPretendingReally

This is the kind of work I've aspired to my whole career.

Treat Williams

WorkCareerKindWholeAspired

I've had my ups and downs, and I definitely have a sense - in America, especially - that once you've made your mark and gotten your Rolling Stone piece and your Grammy nomination, that they're on to the next piece of meat, and they don't necessarily like to follow the twists and turns of an artistic career.

Rufus Wainwright

Ups And DownsAmericaYouCareer

Yes, disappointment over perceived unfairness, injustice, promises not kept, tends to go hand in hand with increasing prosperity. Expectations are dashed. What can I say!

Mary Douglas

DisappointmentPromisesExpectations

Art is not a pastime but a priesthood.

Jean Cocteau

ArtPriesthoodPastime

I don't know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won't.

Chevy Chase

BetterLooksKnowWillGetSure

In Old Havana, the names of the streets before the revolution provided a glimpse into the city's state of mind. You might have known someone who lived on the corner of Soul and Bitterness, Solitude and Hope, or Light and Avocado.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

HopeLightSoulCityMindSolitude

A key flaw of the Obama administration's approach to Afghanistan has been constantly announcing proposed withdrawal dates for U.S. forces, which has enabled the Taliban to believe they can simply wait out the clock.

Peter Bergen

WaitBelieveKeyClockOutFlaw

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