"I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real."

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Source : "Director James L. Brooks talks Spanglish". Interview with Brian B., movieweb.com. December 16, 2004.

James L. Brooks

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The pace of this match is really accelerating, by which I mean it's getting faster all the time.”
“[God] is waiting and anxious to pour out blessings, and glory, and honor, and exaltation upon his people, far more than we have ever received, and far more than we are capable of receiving; and the only reason we have not received it long ago is because there was no place found for it.”
“I like to go to places where you can relax a little after youre done working.”
“You know, you don't see hospital consultants going on strike, and I don't believe that teachers and headteachers should. It's within their rights, it's a civil right, but I think it is wrong in terms of the reputation of the profession.”
“People are fools, not monsters”
“There's something about working in adverse conditions. It keeps it interesting. I always notice if I ever sit down with a pen and piece of paper and a guitar, and I have a beverage and an ashtray and I'm comfortable on the couch, I fall asleep.”
“Literacy is the door to knowledge, essential to individual self-esteem and empowerment. Books, in all forms, play an essential role here.”
“There is no firm dividing line between what is an epidemic and what is not an epidemic, but I think, when you look at a map that shows widespread influenza activity in 36 states, that we regard it -- from a common-sense perspective -- as an epidemic.”

Source : "CDC head calls flu outbreak 'epidemic'". www.cnn.com. December 19, 2003.

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