Direct Quotes

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Direct action is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism. — Emma Goldman
A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on… — Andy Goldsworthy
The trade union movement represents the organized economic power of the workers... It is in reality the most potent and the most direct social insurance… — Samuel Gompers
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct. — Calvin Coolidge
I wanted to write and direct movies and not be forced to adapt them from a bestselling book. — Francis Ford Coppola
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was. — Billy Corgan
One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication. — Billy Corgan
I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the… — Billy Corgan
I don't feel the need to direct. I tried to get other people to direct Dances, but they wouldn't do it. They all thought it… — Kevin Costner
Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more… — Jamie Lee Curtis
You can't direct without a good crew. — Louis C. K.
I discovered Christopher Isherwood in college. His writing style is so direct, warm, and inclusive. — Claire Danes
People are always fascinated by infidelity because, in the end - whether we've had direct experience or not - there's part of you that knows… — Junot Diaz
Nonfiction is more personal for me. It's more personal in that it's more direct, and actually it's always been more direct, even when I first… — Joan Didion
ABBA was a direct influence on me. — Beth Ditto
And new Philosophy calls all in doubt, the element of fire is quite put out; the Sun is lost, and the earth, and no mans… — John Donne
When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my… — Kirsten Dunst
I'm the same guy at that podium preaching to the people on every single song. I'm not doing a dance for you on another song.… — Fred Durst
Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating. — Andrea Dworkin
Ignorant kindness may have the effect of cruelty; but to be angry with it as if it were direct cruelty would be an ignorant unkindness. — George Eliot

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