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I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.
Dustin Hoffman

Book, Writing, Working

One of my problems is that I'm very honest and direct. You pay a price for that.
Amy Irving

Problems, Honest, Pay

When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
Ed Harris

Done, Before, Proud

When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen.
Bruce Beresford

Money, Saying, Trying

One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn't get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.
Jim Barksdale

Hope, Strong, Writing

In a daydream sort of way, I think it would be pretty cool to direct a movie. But I have been on movie and TV sets and know it is hard work. I like directing it in my mind. It is easier.
Michael Connelly

Work, Cool, Mind

In direct navigation, users type exactly what they are looking for in the browser's web address field. This could be the exact domain name or web address. Millions of people do this, emphasizing the need for on- and off-line marketing and branding.
Marc Ostrofsky

Looking, Marketing, Name

Many people bypass search engines altogether and still find what they're looking for online. These Internet surfers are using direct navigation.
Marc Ostrofsky

Find, Looking, Internet

Direct navigation traffic is by far the most highly targeted form of web traffic available.
Marc Ostrofsky

Far, Available, Web

You don't direct ostriches, you herd them.
Shelley Duvall

I took a lot of time off after Mobsters and although I did something I had never done before, which was to direct a play, The Laughter Epidemic, it felt like a vacation.
Christian Slater

Time, Laughter, Done

Everybody you talk to about insurance says the insurance market has become a lot more vibrant as a result of lifting, allowing the foreign direct investment.
John W. Snow

Become, Talk, Everybody

All I can really say is it's bloodier than hell. In this one I'm going to be much more direct and honest in my description of the actual killings and the crime scene.
Christopher Darden

Hell, Honest, Crime

I direct a lot of TV commercials and music videos.
Alex Winter

Music, Tv, Videos

The colonies had little occasion to feel or to resent direct royal prerogative.
Albert Bushnell Hart

Royal, Colonies, Resent

I think I was, like, maybe frustrated for many years because I didn't try to direct. And since I made my movie I'm just like, 'It's great.'
Melanie Laurent

Great, Made, Try

And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever.
John Pomfret

Freedom, Important, Democracy

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.
William Scranton

Government, Themselves, State

I don't want to be a director. I want to direct. There's a difference.
Marty Feldman

Difference, Director

In dealing with the China problem, the British and American side, which had particularly strong interests in China, should have based its judgments about the origins of the problem on direct observation of the actual circumstances at the time.
Hideki Tojo

Time, Strong, Problem

The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance the workers can establish.
Samuel Gompers

Power, Reality, Social

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.
Sophie Marceau

Start, Film, Stories

Able Danger consisted of approximately 20 direct individuals working for Special Forces in Tampa, Florida. The total amount of people working for Able Danger was 20.
Curt Weldon

Special, Working, Able

Eventually, everyone said, Why don't you direct? It would save time. And that's how it started.
Melissa Joan Hart

Time, Why, Said

When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
Daniel Bell

Religion, Experience, Religious

Somehow I got to be one of five or six actors that the directors would use as guinea pigs at this directing colloquium, where people pay to listen to and watch the directors direct.
Beth Henley

Listen, Pay, Five

It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.
Debbie Allen

Dangerous, Camera, Cut

My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.
Jeremy Northam

Home, Dad, Talk

If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
Adam Brody

Point, Movie, Failed

Kellie Overbey gave me this play called 'Girl Talk.' I read it and totally fell in love with the characters. I told her she had to let me direct it and put Marcia DeBonis in it.
Carrie Preston

Love, Girl, Play

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