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Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.
Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.
This is the big leagues; pitchers throw a lot of strikes. I feel like they attack me. That's why I go up there and swing.
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is now a good friend, and the thing that strikes you about him is that he's all about details.
What strikes me is that there's a very fine line between success and failure. Just one ingredient can make the difference.
There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.
I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins.
When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.
The thing that strikes a chord with me... as a mother... is to think of my 17-year-old son fighting would be just terrifying.
The neurotic feels as though trapped in a gas-filled room where at any moment someone, probably himself, will strike a match.
In 1999, NATO did impose a no-fly zone in Kosovo without seeking a U.N. resolution to carry out air strikes on Serbian forces.
What strikes me as memorable about 'Predator' was a lot of the decisions that were made so quickly turned out to be so iconic.
I'll always try to go the safest route, but once someone strikes you or puts their hands on you then it's on, at least for me.
The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.
If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand.
You are not always going to have your A game; you might have your D game. You have to find a way to throw strikes no matter what.
To me, nothing in the art world is neutral. The idea of 'disinterest' strikes me as boring, dishonest, dubious, and uninteresting.
The half-human was the hottest thing he'd ever gotten anywhere near. And he'd cozied up to a lightning strike once or twice before.
We are so bound together that no man can labor for himself alone. Each blow he strikes in his own behalf helps to mold the universe.
I get inspiration, a lot of times, from very commonplace things that just strike a chord and develop themselves in the subconscious.
Dick Gregory was a great comedian who went and got arrested, did hunger strikes, protests. It never hurt his career to be outspoken.
[Ronald] Reagan bitterly hated unions and wanted them destroyed. This began with the air controllers' strike and went on from there.
The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high.
Maybe it's due to my west coast liberal upbringing, but, the idea of parallel universes doesn't strike me as being too far out there.
The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.
How do I tone my bingo wings?' is one of the most commonly asked questions that strikes fear and dread into a personal trainer's heart.
Human destiny is bound to remain a gamble, because at some unpredictable time and in some unforeseeable manner nature will strike back.
Perhaps the most dehumanizing thing in Gaza is people there don't have the time to properly mourn the dead before strikes kill even more
I have already said that I find the coalition air strikes to be insufficient. A ground intervention will be necessary to overcome Daesh.
I saw 'The Empire Strikes Back' the week that it came out. My father was a huge 'Star Wars' fan. And so when it came out, my dad took me.
A life spent shaping a world I want Jackson to inherit, not one I fear Jackson shall inherit, this strikes me as a life worth the living.
The English can laugh and at the same time strike you down, without the least compunction. It is the secret of their success as a nation.
When anger rushes unrestrained to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles on its way. The man of thought strikes deepest and strikes safely.
Once illness strikes, you realize there's not a lot of time for you to do what you really need to do. And there's no time like the present.
I grew up and lived in a Britain in which strikes and the threat of strikes had become part of the social fabric - and it was not very nice.
That's when I'm at my best. When I can throw a fastball over in the count, just throw strikes both in and away, it just sets up all my stuff.
I sat in a theater when I was 11 years old and watched 'The Empire Strikes Back' from 10 in the morning until 10 at night the day it came out.
We are not a nation of strikes and inaction. We will not be preached at by militant unionists with a crap whippet and a chip on each shoulder.
Usually, when inspiration strikes late, the light of day reveals that I haven't gotten an idea for a book so much as a psychiatric case study.
What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.
The Trump administration launched the cruise missile strikes in Syria, an act of war, without a U.N. resolution or Congressional authorization.
I sit down and draw from my lyric book. I sit down and start looking through it and see if there is anything that strikes me that I've written.
I hate to sound sort of diffident about it but it strikes me that a lot of people on the right have got active lives and are doing other things.
While the revolution will be certainly televised, it strikes me that there is a strong possibility that the revolution will also be crowd-funded.
If Assad continues to conduct strikes against the Free Syrian Army at will, it would be very difficult for them to have any success against ISIS.
...and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise they would cease to exist altogether.
What strikes me as funny about Elvis is that all the impersonators choose to do the Vegas Elvis; not the young, cool guy, always the bloated fool.
When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.
I've seen guys get hurt from strikes. I've seen guys get hurt from flips. It's the risk we take. I feel the fear of getting hurt will get you hurt.