James Ivory When you tell a film financier that you want to do a Shakespeare film, their face drops. Shakespeare films don’t have a very wonderful history at the box office. – James Ivory Box Quotes Drops Quotes Film Quotes Films Quotes Financier Quotes History Quotes Office Quotes Shakespeare Quotes Wonderful Quotes Maybe there’s something in the Oregon character that pushed me into the kind of life that I took up. Most of my films are set in an upper-middle-class world of well-off people who may have all kinds of emotional problems, but they live well.
Julian Treasure We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more importantly still, listening. – Julian Treasure
Julia Holter In L.A., you can play forever, and no one around the world will hear you. – Julia Holter
Alex Honnold When I was a teenager, I did a lot of pull-ups and push-ups. Every night before bed, I’d do 150 – in sets of 30 or so. Looking back on it now, I’m not totally sure that’s the best way to improve as a climber. But it did make me a lot better at doing pull-ups and push-ups. – Alex Honnold
Jean Baudrillard Deep down, the US, with its space, its technological refinement, its bluff good conscience, even in those spaces which it opens up for simulation, is the only remaining primitive society. – Jean Baudrillard
Matthew Ashford The fact is, it was a big show. We were a part of that show. Everybody watches for different reasons. There were some people who were tuning in that day to see what was going on with other characters. – Matthew Ashford
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