"The very reasons sometimes that you make a film are the reasons for its failure."

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Sydney Pollack

#Film Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Reason Quotes

“Iâ€™ve found more tolerance, acceptance and inclusion from social conservative groups who have to reconcile that Iâ€™m a Republican who happens to be gayâ€¦versus the intolerance the LGBT leaders see me as a gay man who happens to be a Republican.”
“When you don't have standards, it's easier to exceed them.”
“There is a fine line between stubborn and stupid.”
“Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women.”
“One of the things I keep coming back to in my writing is that society doesn't work on this mirror principle - you don't have an exact replica on the left of what you have on the right. It just doesn't work that way.”
“It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.”
“I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.”

Source : "BRIDGING TV & THEATRE: Faith Prince & DROP DEAD DIVA - Plus Laurents, Robbins, MAME, GYPSY & More!". Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. August 14, 2011.
“Youth hasn't got anything to do with chronological age. It's times of hope and happiness.”

Source : Wallace Stegner (2007). “Crossing to Safety”, p.239, Modern Library

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