J. Paul Getty Quotes

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

J. Paul Getty

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FriendshipBusiness1950sAssociation

My kids are athletic, but they don't run.

Jeff Fisher

RunKidsAthletic

The countries with the greatest problems have the kindest people.

Amanda Lindhout

PeopleProblemsGreatestCountries

There are times I am happy. There are times I am sad. But I always try to separate emotion from the need to reach for something stronger, deeper. And then no matter the emotion, I can reach for a stability that helps me accomplish what is the goal.

Troy Polamalu

SadI AmHappyMeStrongerGoal

We lived on a farm outside a town of about 900 people. My father was the principal of the elementary school. It was a typical Southern town - there are a lot of churches, and it's dry.

Robert Boswell

FatherSchoolPeopleFarmPrincipal

Obama's the one who never worked a day in his life. He never earned a penny that wasn't public money. How many fund-raisers does he attend every week? How often does he play basketball and golf? I wish I had that kind of time.

Roger Ailes

LifeTimeMoneyDayBasketballGolf

A shootout is a shootout. You go in and get the bad guys.

Michael Pena

YouBadGoGetBad GuysGuys

I definitely think for up and coming filmmakers, people graduating from film school, people that want to do their own movies, horror movies are a great way to go.

Jonathan Levine

GreatSchoolPeopleThinkGoMovies

There's nothing like sitting in a completely quiet room, and then the strings start up. It's like when you go to the cinema - the first two or three minutes of any film are amazing. Because the screen is so big. The scale. Directors can pretty much do anything for those first few minutes.

Jonny Greenwood

AmazingStartYouCinemaQuietGo

I kept turning down roles because I knew I just wasn't ready for them.

Dinah Manoff

DownReadyBecauseJustKnewRoles

Whoever marries the spirit of this age will find himself a widower in the next.

William Inge

AgeFindWillSpiritNextHimself

Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it.

William Kingdon Clifford

InfluenceBeliefHimWhoActions

It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.

Preston Sturges

RisksEdgePicturesSkatingRight

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