Quotes of: Miles-davis Keyword

I am a marathon runner. I ran the New York City marathon and almost died. I tried to run, like, a two-minute mile early on in the race. I was crazy enough to think I could win. After seven miles I thought I would die, but I slowed down my pace and ke...

Sean Combs

There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis.

Gray Davis

When I was five or six, I started dressing up like Davy Crockett.

Phil Collins

Viola Davis should be a household name. So should Angela Bassett.

Rutina Wesley

The relationship between citizens and government is increasingly mediated through the Internet.

Rebecca MacKinnon

I need to complete my homework on time.

Malala Yousafzai

Education is neither eastern nor western.

Malala Yousafzai

The Internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be.

Ethan Zuckerman

Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.

Mario Cantone

I am a member of the rabble in good standing.

Westbrook Pegler

Tully starts in again. 'See, the hidden value can go way deeper than sentimental attachment. Sometimes you feel it down to your soul. Like maybe you're the one person who appreciates a work of art that everybody else hates. [...] This thing you treas...

The Bette Davis Club

George Llewelyn Davies: What have you written, Mr. Barrie? J.M. Barrie: Well, currently I make my living entertaining princes and their courts with my trained bear, Porthos. [motions to his dog] J.M. Barrie: If you command your brother Peter to join ...

Finding Neverland

Perhaps one of the reasons I've avoided standing on the point toward the horizon is the second you stand up and point toward a horizon, you realize how much there is to lose.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

...I wondered about the story we were writing and wanted even more to write a better story for myself, something that leaves a beautiful feeling even as the credits roll.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

The inciting incident is how you get (characters) to do something. It's the doorway through which they can't return, you know. The story takes care of the rest.

A Million Miles in a Thousand Years: What I Learned While Editing My Life

We were right to come here, if only because the ocean reminded you that impossible things were possible. Miles and miles of the deepest waters that moved like clockwork were possible. Creatures like jellyfish and sea urchins were, too. Millions and j...

Stay

Paul Edgecomb: We all know who your connections are, Percy. You ever threaten a man on this block again we're all gonna have a go. The job be damned. Percy Wetmore: You done? Paul Edgecomb: Get all this shit back in the restraining room; you are clut...

The Green Mile

Jack: [crying] I can't lose Christine, Miles. I can't. I know I fucked up, I know I did a bad thing, and I'm a bad person! But you gotta help me, Miles! You gotta help me! If I lose Christine, I... I am nothing! I'm nothing!

Sideways

Jack: Listen, man. Cammi gets off in an hour, so I was thinking I'd just hang around and have a drink, and make sure she gets home safe. Miles Raymond: You're joking, right? Jack: No. Miles Raymond: Un-fucking-believable. Can't we just... go back to ...

Sideways

The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.

Bill Bowerman