Direct Quotes

The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.
John Malkovich

Act, Projects, Produce

I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book.
Francis Ford Coppola

Movies, Book, Wanted

Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
Mary Wollstonecraft

Women, Government, Share

It's necessary for Israelis and Palestinians to make the compromises that are required to get the direct talks back on track.
William Hague

Necessary, Track, Talks

Look around. Oil companies guzzle down the billions in profits. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries, and Wall Street CEOs, the same ones the direct our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. Does anyone here have a problem with that?
Elizabeth Warren

Down, Same, Problem

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
Eartha Kitt

Truth, Country, Accept

Once you discover that you can, then you must. And it's not easy. You have to take direct steps. You really have to count your blessings and you have to make a decided effort to not get seduced by the blues.
Al Jarreau

Blessings, Easy, Once

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing.
James Taylor

Process, Mysterious, Towards

I'm not sure if I want to direct a film, but certainly, as an actress, I'm always thinking, 'Surely this must be my last film.'
Cate Blanchett

Thinking, Last, Film

It's a very good question, very direct, and I'm not going to answer it.
George H. W. Bush

Good, Question, Answer

In a way song writing can almost be detrimental, because suddenly you find an outlet that is a kind of cheating. You don't need to have direct communication. You can say, 'I can't describe it to you, but I will record it and send it to you.'
James Blunt

Writing, Find, Cheating

We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
Daisaku Ikeda

History, Past, Nor

If you've got a piece and you can feel the person who's going to direct it is really made for it, if it's really special for them, then it's going to be a better-than-usual experience.
Edward Norton

Experience, Person, Made

Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.
Douglas Horton

Change, Changes, Occurs

On set I keep myself to myself; I'd rather the director speak up. I'm not gonna direct a younger actor. I think the power of example works best, actually.
Gary Oldman

Power, Best, Keep

It's a tremendous responsibility to be direct descendants of the prophet Muhammad. This family has had the burden of leadership on its shoulders for 1,400 years. I'm not going to drop the ball on my shift.
King Abdullah II

Leadership, Family, Ball

They offered me that film before I did Frida and I said, no, I'm not capable of directing. Then after seeing Julie direct, I was inspired by it. She motivated me to do it, because we don't have role models as woman for directors.
Salma Hayek

Woman, Before, After

In a world where discovery is more important than delivery, it's the people who find, remix and direct attention to old stuff that should be rewarded, not the people who deliver it or sit on it waiting for someone to show up.
Joichi Ito

Waiting, Important, Someone

There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible.
Jason Reitman

Movies, Honest, Sure

The first set I remember was 'Ghostbusters.' It was a scene in which the street erupted. I remember even at seven years old thinking, 'Wow, if you direct a movie, you can break the streets of New York.'
Jason Reitman

Thinking, Remember, Old

I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.
Philip Seymour Hoffman

Work, Movies, Different

Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.
Thomas E. Mann

Vote, College, Popular

I'm the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I'm not doing a dance for you on another song. It's all a direct assault.
Fred Durst

Single, Same, Another

I think ever since I was preteen I wanted to direct movies and tell stories.
Fred Durst

Movies, Wanted, Tell

I always wanted to see if I could sell a movie to the public without doing any marketing because my philosophy was like, 'Hey man, I'm reaching my audience everyday. I'm twittering with them. I'm in direct contact with them on the podcast.'
Kevin Smith

Philosophy, Wanted, Everyday

I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or not approving what they're doing.
Gus Van Sant

Simple, Before, Try

I'd like to direct again, but that's really hard to get something and raise the money. It's difficult to find just the right thing.
Robert Duvall

Money, Hard, Find

The Stamp Act was a direct tax imposed on the colonies by King George III. This act inevitably led to the American Revolution. Just as the Stamp Act did in 1765, Obamacare should act as a wake-up call. Chief Justice Roberts provides us with a similar call to action.
Rand Paul

Justice, Revolution, American

The Bible is proved to be a revelation from God, by the reasonableness and holiness of its precepts; all its commands, exhortations, and promises having the most direct tendency to make men wise, holy, and happy in themselves, and useful to one another.
Adam Clarke

God, Men, Happy

I'll probably pursue doing more movies, but not horror or movies with killers in them. I'll try to stick to happy movies. I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she's still doing the same thing.
Lindsay Lohan

Movies, Happy, Try

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