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No, what I should really like to do right now, in the full blaze of lights, before this illustrious assembly, is to shower every one of you with gifts, with flowers, with offerings of poetry - to be young once more, to ride on the crest of the wave. ↗

— Knut Hamsun

#before #blaze #crest #every #flowers

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#buddhism #directions #feel #had #i

I directed an episode of Touched by an Angel a couple of months ago, and I will be doing more of that. I just like to keep a bit of variety going; it keeps things interesting. ↗

— Gregory Harrison

#angel #bit #couple #directed #doing

Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers. ↗

— Learned Hand

#answers #calls #constant #contrived #hastily

What to an outsider will be no more than the vigorous presentation of a conviction, to an employee may be the manifestation of a determination which it is not safe to thwart. ↗

— Learned Hand

#determination #employee #manifestation #may #more

Awards are important for all directors because they improve your working conditions. You're only as good as your last film, so if you get prizes or large audiences, then you get more money for your next film. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#awards #because #conditions #directors #film

I learned my business in the theater and in television, particularly working with the actors. You can learn much more in the theater than directing a movie, because then you have no time when you are shooting a movie to really work with the actors. You have to learn this craft somewhere else. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#business #craft #directing #else #i

I never suffered from the absence of a father. On the contrary, as a child I was more inclined to see men as a disturbing factor. It made things difficult for me when I started working as a director. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#child #contrary #difficult #director #disturbing

Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 times more violence than in any one of my films, so I don't know why those directors aren't asked why they're such specialists for violence. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#any #asked #directors #films #i

I must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch could have more? ↗

— Tom Hanks

#amount #could #day #end #end of the day