#dire

When you see the films of certain young directors, you get the impression that film history begins for them around 1980. ↗

— Jacques Rivette

#begins #certain #directors #film #films

In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently. ↗

— Tony Robbins

#consistent #consistently #control #direct #essence

I can direct breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I take pride in my kitchen, but I'm not going to direct a movie. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#dinner #direct #going #i #i can

The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director. ↗

— George A. Romero

#director #guy #made #make #me

With the draft, everybody was involved. Everybody was fodder. When you got to be 21, 22 and graduated from college, for two years your life stopped. If you had been running in the direction of your life, you had to stop and do this other thing which was, if not menacing, just plain boring. ↗

— Philip Roth

#boring #college #direction #draft #everybody

It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard. ↗

— Eva Marie Saint

#director #everybody #heard #loud #louder

It is one of the aims of linguistics to define itself, to recognise what belongs within its domain. In those cases where it relies upon psychology, it will do so indirectly, remaining independent. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#belongs #cases #define #domain #independent

There's no doubt in the world that directing makes you a better actor. Me, anyway. There's no doubt in the world that it makes me a more collaborative actor. ↗

— Campbell Scott

#anyway #better #better actor #collaborative #directing

This Administration has led us into an area without vision. Bush has no clear understanding of what is being asked of the citizens, and the military is under his direction. ↗

— Martin Sheen

#area #asked #being #bush #citizens

Anybody that's a Dolphins fan feels they're headed in the right direction. ↗

— Don Shula

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