Quotes with straight-cut

Quotes 181 till 200 of 237.

  • Albert Camus To assert in any case that a man must be absolutely cut off from society because he is absolutely evil amounts to saying that society is absolutely good, and no-one in his right mind will believe this today.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Andrew Cohen To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Ben Gibbard To set the record straight for the God knows millionth time, we certainly didn't sign to Atlantic just for the money.
    Ben Gibbard
    American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1976 - )
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  • W. H. Auden To the man-in-the-street, who, I'm sorry to say, is a keen observer of life. The word ''Intellectual'' suggests straight away. A man who's untrue to his wife.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Mel Brooks Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
    Mel Brooks
    American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, and composer (1926 - )
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  • Finley Peter Dunne Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
    Finley Peter Dunne
    American Journalist, Humorist (1867 - 1936)
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  • Bobby Vinton Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight.
    Bobby Vinton
    American singer and songwriter (1935 - )
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  • Fran Lebowitz Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
    Fran Lebowitz
    American journalist (1950 - )
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  • Beth Ditto We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Betty Dodson We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
    Betty Dodson
    American sex educator (1929 - )
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  • Arthur Hiller We cut a few corners and brought the picture in under budget by $25,000, so Paramount let us go back to Boston with a small crew to shoot some additional footage.
    Arthur Hiller
    Canadian-American television and film director (1923 - 2016)
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  • Carlton Cuse We feel like 'Lost' deserved a real resolution, not a 'snow globe, waking up in bed, it's all been a dream, cut to black' kind of ending. We thought that would be kind of a betrayal to an audience that's been on this journey for six years. We thought that was not the right ending for our show.
    Carlton Cuse
    American screenwriter, producer, and director (1959 - )
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  • Alain de Botton We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.
    Alain de Botton
    Swiss-born British author (1969 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson We need to get our hearts straight. And after we get the hearts straight, we can treat each other straight.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Beeban Kidron We need to work out who is paying for film; in the U.K., it is increasingly difficult to get production funds - and pre-sales demand more and more shot/cut material.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Bille August We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter.
    Bille August
    Danish director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (1948 - )
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  • Richard Whately Weak arguments are often thrust before my path; but although they are most insubstantial, it is not easy to destroy them. There is not a more difficult feat known than to cut through a cushion with a sword.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Marilyn French Well, love is insanity. The ancient Greeks knew that. It is the taking over of a rational and lucid mind by delusion and self-destruction. You lose yourself, you have no power over yourself, you can't even think straight.
    Marilyn French
    American radical feminist author (1929 - 2009)
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  • Bill Rancic Well, the 'Giuliana & Bill' show is a little bit different because Giuliana and I are the executive producers of the show, so certainly we have a lot of control and we have total, I guess if we wanted to, editing power, but I will say, in the seven seasons we've done the show, we've never used our executive producer powers to cut something out.
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Bill Kreutzmann Well, to tell you the straight honest truth, it was like a Grateful Dead cover band. I didn't feel - and nothing against the guys - I didn't feel that they were opening up like they should. I'll tell you what, with guitar players, Steven has what I like in guitar players.
    Bill Kreutzmann
    American drummer (1946 - )
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