#ay

They say now in America that final cut doesn't mean anything. As Harvey Weinstein said to some film-maker, 'You can have final cut. I'll open your film in Arkansas.' ↗

— Mira Nair

#anything #arkansas #cut #film #film-maker

I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place. ↗

— James Naismith

#basketball #derive #goals #i #i am

The invention of basketball was not an accident. It was developed to meet a need. Those boys simply would not play 'Drop the Handkerchief.' ↗

— James Naismith

#basketball #developed #drop #handkerchief #invention

I need to say how I feel.aIf you were a political person before, and you just happened into a movie, to stop being a political person makes no sense. I always laugh and say, 'Dudes, if I have to choose, I'm a political person first. I would never do another movie again and be completely happy.' I need to say how I feel. ↗

— Kathy Najimy

#always #another #before #being #choose

As a professional athlete, I believe that I need to explore my opportunities to the maximum, in order to excel and continue to play the best football I can. ↗

— Hidetoshi Nakata

#believe #best #continue #excel #explore

If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#both #both sides #causes #circles #extremist

No two directors make the same film the same way. ↗

— Rob Cohen

#film #make #same #two #way

There remains, however, the hope, at least in Russia, that, as sometimes happens in history, the memory of lost alternatives will one day inspire efforts to regain them. ↗

— Stephen Cohen

#day #efforts #happens #history #hope

The institutions of the European Union, and the states that belong to this union, each and every one, are paying the price of our failures, hesitations and contradictions. We should each ask ourselves how personally responsible we are. ↗

— Giorgio Napolitano

#belong #contradictions #each #european #european union

Today in America, we are trying to prepare students for a high tech world of constant change, but we are doing so by putting them through a school system designed in the early 20th Century that has not seen substantial change in 30 years. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#america #century #change #constant #designed