"Being a film director involves, above all, a lot of hard work and resolve and determination. The glamour doesn't come until the premiere and the thing is all long done."

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D. W. Griffith

#Determination Quotes #Hard Work Quotes #Long Quotes

“Just like zillions of children, album covers educated and informed me, and certainly did I later transpose organically, rather than by intent, those principles both in fashion design and photography.”
“You can have a do-over starting today. But you have to get over the feeling that it's too late”
“He who cannot establish dominion over himself will have no dominion over others.”
“I would want my legacy to be that I was a great son, father and friend.”
“The first trip I remember taking was on the train from Virginia up to New York City, watching the summertime countryside rolling past the window. They used white linen tablecloths in the dining car in those days, and real silver. I love trains to this day. Maybe that was the beginning of my fixation with leisurely modes of travel.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule.”
“Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I feel down and got back up again.”
“If you ask any police officer what the worst part of the job is, they will always say breaking bad news to relatives, but this is not the truth. The worst part is staying in the room after you've broken the news, so that you're forced to be there when someone's life disintegrates around them. Some people say it doesn't bother them - such people are not to be trusted.”

Source : Ben Aaronovitch (2011). “Midnight Riot”, p.83, Del Rey

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