Quotes with phrase-making

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  • Brett Ratner Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there.
    Brett Ratner
    American director and producer (1969 - )
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  • Jules Renard Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
    Jules Renard
    French writer (1864 - 1910)
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  • Brendon Urie Writing a song to be a single is hard, and I don't like to focus on that because you can get caught up in making something just terrible, which is really easy to do if you're focused on making it a single. It's more fun when you focus on what excites you musically.
    Brendon Urie
    American singer, songwriter, and musician (1987 - )
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  • Carl Hiaasen You can do the best research and be making the strongest intellectual argument, but if readers don't get past the third paragraph you've wasted your energy and valuable ink.
    Carl Hiaasen
    American writer, author and journalist (1953 - )
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  • Bre Pettis You can go from creating the design on your iPad to making the object on your MakerBot.
    Bre Pettis
    American entrepreneur and video blogger
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  • Bruce Springsteen You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • Ben Wheatley You can muscle your way to the top as long as you're part of the production, which I am. I'm knitted into the money, so it's very hard to extricate me from the decision-making dynamic.
    Ben Wheatley
    English filmmaker and screenwriter (1972 - )
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Daniel Day Lewis You don't merely give over your creativity to making a film, you give over your life! In theatre, by contrast, you live these two rather strange lives simultaneously; you have no option but to confront the mould on last night's washing-up.
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  • Bob Riley You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.
    Bob Riley
    American politician (1944 - )
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  • Carole Bouquet You get stared at the whole time. I first noticed that when I was about 13. I was very shy. Being considered beautiful, I always felt that people were waiting for something more. I imagined you were supposed to have an intellectual ability - and I'm making no claims here - proportional to your supposed good looks.
    Carole Bouquet
    French actress and fashion (1957 - )
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  • Bow Wow You got to keep all your weaknesses away, and my weakness is women. I love women too much. Which has definitely road-blocked me. I just try my best to channel my energy to other things and remain focused while making my work as fun as everything else.
    Bow Wow
    American rapper and actor (Shad Gregory Moss) (1987 - )
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  • Bruce Greenwood You kind of invite a little spooky, creepy vibe into your whole experience of making a movie.
    Bruce Greenwood
    Canadian actor and producer (1956 - )
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  • Bono You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Les Brown You take on the responsibility for making your dream a reality.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Billy Joel You want to give people a reason to hate my guts more? I'm making more money.
    Billy Joel
    American singer-songwriter and pianist (1949 - )
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  • Florence Scovel Shinn You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which ''clicks.''
    Florence Scovel Shinn
    American artist, writer
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  • Babe Ruth [When told that he was making more than the president of the United States Herbert Hoover in 1930:] I had a better year than he did.
    Source: Boston Globe, Will Rogers Dispatch by Will Rogers, January 9, 1930
    Babe Ruth
    American professional baseball player (1895 - 1948)
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  • Ambrose Bierce Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white.
    Ambrose Bierce
    American writer (1842 - 1914)
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld Fatigue dulls the pain, but awakes enticing thoughts of death. So! that is the way in which you are tempted to overcome your loneliness - by making the ultimate escape from life. - No! It may be that death is to be your ultimate gift to life: it must not be an act of treachery against it.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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