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Unless you are wealthy, you cannot afford to act or direct one play and remain unemployed the rest of the time.
When you make music, you're in really direct contact with your fans out there, so you hear all kinds of stories.
Madison Avenue makes us addicts of consumerism, using glass wampum to steal our capacity to direct our own lives.
The eyes are so telling. That's how you engage with people and bond with them. I love direct, strong eye contact.
In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people.
I think that with podcasts, a lot of things are about fostering and having a direct connection with the community.
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
I can't fix the world. If you want to make a difference in life, you have to direct your energies in a focused way.
If you need help, look to clergy who do not spout their own beliefs but direct you in sincerity by using the Bible.
Women say things that are direct - they are told they are too abrasive. I got that feedback in the corporate world.
I've gotten to a point where I wouldn't direct someone else's material. It would only be something totally original.
Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.
I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
The chief modern rival of Christianity is 'liberalism'... at every point, the two movements are in direct opposition.
I see a direct line between Kennedy and Richard Nixon and the opening to China and the detente with the Soviet Union.
The disparity between a restaurant's price and food quality rises in direct proportion to the size of the pepper mill.
When I first moved to L.A. as a dancer, all I wanted to do was dance. I never even considered trying to act or direct.
We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
I admit that the direct model has done a lot for Dell. That's the only thing the company has ever really accomplished.
I like to start with the first chapter, end with chapter 40. No flashbacks, nothing fancy, just a direct storytelling.
I really like acting but, just now, the more I read a script I find myself thinking I'd like to direct rather than act.
If I had to direct or produce a show, it would be about a young Black girl who is a superhero and helps save the world.
One of my favorite guys when I was young... I've always loved Bill Cosby. I've always wanted to direct him in something.
English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.
Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
I never direct myself, because I don't like working with me. I would punch me in the mouth if I had to take my direction.
With my research, I really need absolute confirmation of what actually happened, direct physical connections to the past.
If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.
Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
The best way to direct kids is to be natural and honest.
To have that opportunity to direct under my belt was fantastic, so I'm glad I did it.
I was never one of those people who thought, 'What I really want to do is direct.' It never occurred to me.
I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.
Everybody accuses me of moving fast when I direct a picture. I don't move fast, but I just keep moving.
Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them.
Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.
I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.
I always direct the same film. I cannot distinguish one from the other.
Some people say it's scarier to direct the people you work with; not me, I'm a team guy.
My refrigerator is powerful. In fact, it has a direct link to my overall well-being.
When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of.
I enjoy directing more when I don't have to direct myself. I like when I can just be the director.
The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.
I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it.
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.
My love of computers, besides being practical, is very direct and visceral. I love the way things look on the screen.
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it's quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.
I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.
I'm just beginning to direct. For all intents and purposes, this is the first time for me.