Liiceanu Dinescu Quotes & Sayings

What you learn from that first, and I don't call it 'trial by fire,' I call it 'baptism by fire,' is that you are going to have to take all of the responsibility, because basically when it gets right down to it, you are going to get all of the blame, so you might as well have made all of the decisions that led to people either liking it or disliking it. There's nothing worse than hearing somebody say 'Oh, you made that movie? I thought that movie sucked,' and you have to agree with them, you know? — David Fincher

In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote. — Lucy Powell

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior. Your inner drives will propel you further and faster than external perks. — Denis Waitley

I had an idea of him,' Ursula said, 'but the idea wasn't him. Perhaps I wanted to fall in love. — Kate Atkinson

As a kid, I thought John Denver was the perfect Prince Charming. — Sandra Lee

One of my favorite things to do is be in front of the camera and act. — Angie Everhart

The way of life can be free and beautiful. But we have lost the way.
Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate; has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.
We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in; machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.
Our knowledge has made us cynical,
our cleverness hard and unkind.
We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery we need humanity,
more than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.
Without these qualities life will be violent and all will be lost. — Charlie Chaplin

Wine writers have been around for almost as long as there has been wine, but in the past, generally speaking, most wine writing was uncritical and emphasized wine as a romantic, historic beverage. Criticism and comparative tastings were eschewed for fear of offending the trade, which most writers depended upon for survival. — Robert M. Parker Jr.

[F]riends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the greatest deference for you; but, though they may ask it, you never find them following your advice upon their own affairs; nor allowing you to manage your own. — William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken against problems facing mankind. — George Wald