Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there’s no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.
I want to direct films, because I am a painter and a sculptor and I’ve done a lot of writing.
I am co-writing a screenplay now and I’m working on the rights to another story I want to do. So I plan to produce and direct. So, for me, I don’t really feel that I am vulnerable to that sad baggage that comes with the business of filmmaking.
When I was little, I put on plays for my family at Sunday dinner, and I would direct them and have all my cousins, my brother, and my best friends in it. I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn’t afraid of being in front of a camera. It was like make-believe to me.
The eyes are so telling. That’s how you engage with people and bond with them. I love direct, strong eye contact.
If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you’ve probably waited too long.
Of course I live in my time, and I’m really curious. But, at the same time, I don’t think it has a direct impact on my work.
No writer of a portion of the Bible was perfect. It was the direct and miraculous operation of the Holy Spirit that what they wrote is without mistake.
I am not even sure if I want to direct in Hollywood or India.
One problem was that my direct testimony was in writing, so a lot of people didn’t get to see it. I hope they see it, because I think it built a very strong case.
I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.
Vince Gilligan and AMC are really wonderful people to direct and produce for because they don’t put the demands of any conventionalism on you.
I’m afraid that I’m either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I’m going to get somewhere.
Every actor wants to direct.
Men’s ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.
Parliament must not be told a direct untruth, but it’s quite possible to allow them to mislead themselves.
The most direct evidence of the wonderful plasticity and elasticity of red corpuscles is obtained when they are watched in a current, where they can be caught against a projecting edge and bent by the pressure of the current flowing past them.
Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way.
I’m a straightforward person. I like to be direct with people.
I’d like to direct some, act in some of them, and produce.
The argument that gay marriage doesn’t affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.
The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.
When I left the Senate in January 2013, I decided to take a full year away from all media interviews, editorial articles, and direct political activities.
Eventually, it came to this place like, ‘I’d like to direct, but I need to find the story to tell.’ ‘Man of Tai Chi’ became the story to tell.
A great number of the disappointments and mishaps of the troubled world are the direct result of literature and the allied arts. It is our belief that no human being who devotes his life and energy to the manufacture of fantasies can be anything but fundamentally inadequate.
With ‘Women in Hollywood,’ I didn’t direct it, but I produced it, and what we did is followed the money of Hollywood and how that intersects with issues relating to women and, frankly, sexism.
I’m a huge fan of Renaissance art. It’s very direct. They’re paintings that hit you in the face in the same immediate way that a huge pop tune hits you in the face.
We need to direct our efforts toward one goal, and that is to survive.
Each life is unique. But for all, repentance will surely include passing through the portal of humble prayer. Our Father in Heaven can allow us to feel fully the conviction of our sins. He knows the depths of our remorse. He can then direct what we must do to qualify for forgiveness.
Why make life so dull when you can make it exciting and meet amazing people and go to countries and see things? You make life the way you want it to be. A lot of people don’t realize that at the end of the day, the ultimate control of what you do and your destiny, it lies in the way you want to direct yourself.
My work has threads of ideas from all over the place. I try to crystallise them in something simple and direct that the viewer can then take where they want.
I studied for three years in the theater, and it was a very, very scary experience to direct live, being so vulnerable without the possibility to control things, to be so exposed.
Maybe I’ve got to admit that what I did here was enough. I can make some more films. Maybe I’ll direct a film. Maybe I’ll have my musical put on stage. But nothing, really, to be absolutely honest, competes with making a very successful pop band for 10 years of my life.
God will never direct us to be prideful, arrogant and unforgiving, immoral or slothful or full of fear. We step into these things because we are insensitive to the leadership of the Holy Spirit within us.
Yeah, the whole ‘One Tree Hill’ experience made me realize I wanna write, and produce, and direct as well as act. I’m interested in all facets of the industry.
I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way.
One of my favorite guys when I was young… I’ve always loved Bill Cosby. I’ve always wanted to direct him in something.
I love writing. Given a choice, after directing for all these years, and if given an army of talented directors, I would not direct at all.
My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.
Direct navigation traffic is by far the most highly targeted form of web traffic available.
But it is well to remember that we are dealing with nations every one of which has a direct individual interest to serve, and there is grave danger in an unshared idealism.
I would direct TV. That’s a little different. It’s more of a contained world as a director. When you’re doing a film you get on the rollercoaster, you put the safety bar down and then you’re gone. And it’s hard. It’s hard, too, as a parent, I think, because the hours are so long. It’s hard.
I’m of the school that I will direct you if you request it – if you have a question.
It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.
A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.
I love the experience of getting to direct because I can have all of the fun of helping shape the show, but I don’t have to actually do it, so I don’t have to deal with the nerves.
I like when I have to act and direct; then, when you have to dub, you’re by yourself in front of the wall, and I’m always scared that you’re not good like when you are in real when you act.
I want to direct films, ultimately. Hopefully I’ll have a fantastic career in acting and then go on to do that. That’s my dream; that’s the ultimate goal.
I love acting, and I have no desire to direct.
Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I’m looking for is the producer cap.
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.
Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.
Anyone who would let Gary Cooper and the entire cast go charging on horseback without first finding out what kind of footing the horses had is nuts and cannot possibly direct a motion picture.
So what do you desire to do? What do you really want to do as a person? You need to stop and document that; write it down; make a plan; and then God says, ‘I’ll direct your steps.’
Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.
Now we’re e-mailing and tweeting and texting so much, a phone call comes as a fresh surprise. I get text messages on my cell phone all day long, and it warbles to alert me that someone has sent me a message on Facebook or a reply or direct message on Twitter, but it rarely ever rings.
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate destination.
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
