#dire

The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#enthusiast #may #person #prudent #ruins

Investment banking has, in recent years, resembled a casino, and the massive scale of gambling losses has dragged down traditional business and retail lending activities as banks try to rebuild their balance sheets. This was one aspect of modern financial liberalisation that had dire consequences. ↗

— Vince Cable

#aspect #balance #balance sheets #banking #banks

I grew up the son of a director and grew up on sets myself, so I was the kid getting dragged around from this set to that set and I loved it. There's something about it which is really interesting. ↗

— Dean Cain

#around #director #dragged #getting #grew

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee. ↗

— James Cameron

#budget #camera #cheesy #director #everything

To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision. ↗

— Jane Campion

#directors #feminine #happening #i #states

Larry Kasdan is a great director. ↗

— Brion James

#great #kasdan #larry

You know, sometimes the most direct route isn't the right one. - Jacob ↗

— Justina Chen

#paths #route #beauty

I made a decision back in 1978 that, in a trade off for money when I directed Halloween, I would have my name above the title in order to basically brand these movies my own. ↗

— John Carpenter

#back #basically #brand #decision #directed

The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received. ↗

— John le Carre

#always #cleanly #communicate #concern #directly

A film actor is just a victim of directors and editors. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#directors #editors #film #film actor #just