Direct Quotes

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I am really looking for a chance to direct. I feel like that's kind of the next frontier for me. I know that it's really… — Dana Fox
What you learn when you direct a film, even more so than as a producer, it's a marriage. It's like a relationship with that film… — Grant Heslov
My father had to flee from what is today Pakistan when he was a child, and he became a manager at IBM, and any item… — Tino Sehgal
I was the chief sponsor of the Business Employment Incentive Program bill, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of direct and indirect jobs here in… — Joe Kyrillos
We will not adopt the fantastic hypocrisy of modern conservatism which preaches the values of families and communities, while conducting a direct assault on them… — Paul Keating
Why should literature be easy? Sometimes you can do what you want to do in a simple, direct way that is absolutely right. Sometimes you… — Jeanette Winterson
The Christian must abstain from sin. It is as simple and direct as that. You have no right to say, 'I am weak, I cannot,… — Martyn
I avoid Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, and if I need to communicate with someone, I email direct. — Martin Parr
Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee… — William J. Brennan
The alphabet was a great invention, which enabled men to store and to learn with little effort what others had learned the hard way-that is,… — B.F. Skinner
The most direct path to achievement whether you're an entrepreneur, a company executive, or a pro soccer player is to be a great performer and… — Maynard Webb
...I have never known a movement in the theater that did not work direct and serious harm. Indeed, I have sometimes felt that the very… — Minnie Maddern Fiske
The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the other East Asian… — Toshihiko Fukui
But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood. — Ted Kotcheff
The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much… — Jose Padilha
The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation. — Stanley Smith Stevens
Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life. — Linda Vester
I want to direct. It's something that I know I'll be really good at. — Gedde Watanabe
The most consistently successful commanders, when faced by an enemy in a position that was strong naturally or materially, have hardly ever tackled it in… — B. H. Liddell Hart
This high proportion of history's decisive campaigns, the significance of which is enhanced by the comparative rarity of the direct approach, enforces the conclusion that… — B. H. Liddell Hart

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