Ben Hecht Quotes

Producers are men who will keep their heads in the noisy presence of writers and directors and not be carried away by art in any of its subversive guises. Their task is to guard against the unusual. They are the trusted loyalists of cliche.

Ben Hecht

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 28, 1894 - April 18, 1964

Topics

ArtMenWillTaskPresenceAgainst

I think that a lot of these cops have been put in very difficult situations and tasked with very difficult jobs with very little training and very little help.

Megan Rapinoe

TrainingThinkHelpDifficultLittle

Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!

Robert Gottlieb

TakeGoingEvenOrdersAnyone

You're going very fast when you're on orbit, going around the world once every hour and a half.

Robert Crippen

WorldYouFastHalfGoingHour

I can tell you that the Iowa way - the Iowa way is to find out that there is a problem and acknowledge it and address it head-on.

Joni Ernst

ProblemYouFindI CanWayOut

I'm taking a bit of a wait-and-see attitude towards 3D.

Christopher Nolan

AttitudeTakingBitTowards

Crisis creates opportunity.

Bruce Rauner

OpportunityCrisisCreates

In front of us was not a line but a fortress position, twenty miles deep, entrenched and fortified, defended by masses of machine-gun posts and thousands of guns in a wide arc. No chance for cavalry!

Philip Gibbs

ChanceDeepLineGunsPositionUs

This is America's Team and we are confident this outstanding group of athletes will make our country proud.

Peter Ueberroth

TeamProudConfidentAmericaCountry

Every time I exercise, I do something different based on which areas need to get in motion.

Sharon Stone

TimeExerciseNeedMotionSomething

The reason I actually ran for office is because of Hillary Clinton. Everybody was telling me why I shouldn't run: I was too young, I had small children, I should start at the school board level.

Nikki Haley

ChildrenSchoolMeSmallStartRun

I'm a control freak. And more so now that I have children.

Mariella Frostrup

ChildrenControlNowMoreFreak

I was an introverted kid; I liked my time alone. And the rest of my family is pretty extroverted, so I felt like a bit of an oddball. They're very gregarious and charming and charismatic people. I always felt like I was struggling as a young person. I think everyone was very surprised to hear that I wanted to be an actor.

Mark Ruffalo

FamilyAloneTimePeopleRestThink

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