Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dakota Fanning

It was really really neat to make the movie because there were mentally challenged actors in the movie. So that was really really cool to work with them and they were always really happy, and they made everybody really happy on the set too.

Dakota Fanning

My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.

Michael Gregory

Factory activity likely cooled slightly in December, but remains robust.

But I want to make it quite clear that Japan will not cancel its research, whatever dangerous activities or interference may occur.

Donald Tsang

Both the central government and this administration are actively leading this community towards universal suffrage in an orderly fashion. I am 60 years of age. I certainly want to see universal suffrage taking place in Hong Kong in my time.

Philip Glenister

My brother Robert wanted to act from a very early age, and there was always a part of me that said we couldn't have two actors in the family because our parents would go mental. So I became a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation and, one way or another, worked my way up to movie publicist.

Confucius

He who acts with a constant view to his own advantage will be much murmured against.

Charles Spurgeon

The exercise of benevolence is joy to loving hearts: the more pain it costs, the more joy it is. Kind actions make us happy, and in such joy we find communion with the great heart of Jesus.

The governor took the action she felt was appropriate based on the violation of her own policy and has said on numerous occasions that if any further action is warranted, she'll take it once the investigations are completed.

The governor still believes it's appropriate for the federal government to take action but inaction by the president forced us to seek a minimum wage increase.

The governor believes deeply in UMDNJ, its people and its mission. And he supports the monitor's efforts to root out and clean up any and all acts of wrongdoing at this great institution.

Palaniappan Chidambaram

The government will not act against speculation but will act against manipulation, ... I am satisfied there is no manipulation.

Annette Bening

Somebody said something really smart: It's like you end up being the defense attorney for your role. Your job is to defend their point of view. You're fighting for what they want. You learn that in acting school - it's Acting 1A: 'What do you want? What's in the way?'

Richard Foreman

We're talking about giving the doctor a new power, to actively cause death. It's a right to kill.

We're talking about five or six people doing most of the technical work. They have been doing a great job with the set. And it was fortunate for us that we only needed to recruit people for the 10 acting roles; that was half the battle.

We need to get off the couch. When we've done this branding, I think it will help us actively go after the jobs in those sectors.

Aaron Klug

However, I should perhaps add that during the 20 years I have been back in Cambridge, I have been actively involved in the teaching of undergraduates, as well as of course supervising research students.

Ayad Allawi

The government's position is clear and specific to ending armed manifestations, stopping acts of sabotage and making the armed men leave Najaf and the mosque,

We believe that all kids and families are different and it's up to each family to determine what is right for them. But we do believe that parents should be actively involved in their kids' media lives.

We attract a lot of active vacationers, a lot of families.

We assured the fire department that if there's anything they need the city will step forward and help them, ... I have confidence that John Callaghan will be a good chief -- he's experienced and I believe he will serve the city well as acting fire chief.

We assume Microsoft has its own interest at heart and it wants to launch another product without having to worry about the Commission instituting various actions under antitrust law because of this product.

We believe it is unlikely that Citigroup knowingly participated in fraudulent activity related to Enron, and history suggests bank stocks bounce highly after a market crisis.

Alexander Lowen

We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who acts without feeling.

Awareness has changed so that every act for children, every piece of legislation recognizes that children are part of families and that it is within families that children grow and thrive or don't.

Ike Barinholtz

There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.

John Updike

Creativity is merely a plus name for regular activity. Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.

Jules Verne

Dost thou know what life is, my child? Hast thou comprehended the action of those springs which produce existence? Hast thou examined thyself?

When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.

Israel Broussard

Acting - I'm good at it, but it's not my passion. Music, I'm not as good at, but that's my passion. I think I'm just going to go with the flow, wait until one picks up, and take the opportunities one at the time.

Doc Hastings

I hope that the Senate acts quickly to pass this legislation so that Americans will no longer worry about having to sell the family farm or business to pay taxes after the death of a loved one.

Nick Rhodes

With a lot of the new music that's around and the acts that have actually cited us as being influences... I wouldn't be so arrogant as to take somebody's record and say, "I think they've taken that from what we've done," but definitely I like the sound of a lot of things out there, and they're in an area in which I enjoy making music myself.

Yet when the three principal fund-raisers involved whose actions have, I think, tainted the process do have Asian surnames, it creates a linkage that unfairly treats an entire community and that's deeply regrettable.