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Timely Quotes (page 745)

Other times you can get showy for three minutes, and that's OK with certain films. But that isn't right with an Ang Lee movie, you have to fit right in. You have to understand Ang, respect him and be part of the team and not be in charge of it - he is in charge of it. Dennis Muren
Just going along with this, what I did, or what I do is I imagine not being myself seeing it, but imagine somebody else who's seeing it for the first time. Dennis Muren
Because you're telling a story, and I'm sure people fifty years ago would tell the same story differently if they were telling it to you today. Because the time is different. The film is the work of today's audience. Dennis Muren
If the head man in a company is not working 12 hours a day, doing things, taking risks, but also standing with his people in the trenches at the most difficult of times, then the company loses something. Rupert Murdoch
Iris Murdoch quote: "People from a planet without flowers would think we must be..."
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. Iris Murdoch
You know, if you are kind of rich, the best thing is that you don't have to think about money. The best thing you can buy with money is freedom, time. I don't know how much I earn a year. I have no idea. I don't know how much I pay in taxes. Haruki Murakami
You have to be practical. So every time I say, if you want to write a novel you have to be practical, people get bored. They are disappointed. They are expecting a more dynamic, creative, artistic thing to say. What I want to say is: you have to be practical. Haruki Murakami
When I write about a 15-year old, I jump, I return to the days when I was that age. It's like a time machine. I can remember everything. I can feel the wind. I can smell the air. Very actually. Very vividly. Haruki Murakami
Since I have come to America, I am often asked whether my next novel will be set in America. I don't think it will. I think I will be living in America for some time to come, but while living in America, I would like to write about Japanese society from the outside. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have..."
My priority is my books, at least at this point. What I have to do is write the narrative of this time. Haruki Murakami
Haruki Murakami quote: "I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but..."
I'm kind of a big kettle. It takes time to get boiled, but then I'm always hot. Haruki Murakami
Before I became a writer, I was running a jazz bar in the center of Tokyo, which means that I worked in filthy air all the time late into the night. I was very excited when I started making a living out of my writing, and I decided, 'I will live in nothing but an absolutely healthy way.' Haruki Murakami
I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life. Haruki Murakami
Olivia Munn quote: "It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and..."
It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time. Olivia Munn
Olivia Munn quote: "I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived..."
I was in a military family, so by the time I was 13 I'd lived in six different places. Olivia Munn

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