Modell Quotes & Sayings

I don't know if I would call it therapy, but filmmaking is really the only thing I know how to do.For me, making movies is a way to bring on change for myself, and I really enjoy that part. — Takashi Miike

To be rendered unconscious; to lie exposed, without shame, at the mercy of others; to be touched, incised, plundered, remade - this is what they are thinking of when they look at him, with their widening eyes and slightly parted lips. — Margaret Atwood

Our parents more or less just kind of wanted us to pursue our passions. Whatever they would have been, they would have helped light the fire. They are very liberal, artistic people, but they didn't force us into acting. They let us find our own ways. — John Cusack

I really did not feel okay about any of this, and there was really nothing I could do about any of it. — Miranda July

The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries. — Art Modell

I have enjoyed the years enormously in Cleveland and especially in Baltimore. — Art Modell

Deeply moved, she poured the tea while they were finishing up. They came into the kitchen to replace the cleaning things, and she handed two cups to Om.
Noticing the red rose borders, he started to point out her error, "The pink one's for us," then stopped. Her face told him she was aware of it.
"What?" she asked, taking the pink cup for herself, "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing," his voice caught . He turned away, hoping she did not see the film of water glaze his eyes. — Rohinton Mistry

I never lied to a person in my life; my kids didn't, either. — Art Modell

In every aspect of our lives, we are always asking ourselves, How am I of value? What is my worth? Yet I believe that worthiness is our birthright. — Oprah Winfrey

I do want to go out on top, as a winner. — Art Modell

I don't want my grandchildren to go through what I went through. — Art Modell

I am not talking about the American people and the British people, I am talking about those mercenaries ... They have started throwing those pencils, but they are not pencils, they are booby traps to kill the children. — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

I have a great legacy, tarnished somewhat by the move. — Art Modell

That got us started on revenue sharing, and we couldn't have done it without all the teams. — Art Modell

At the sight of blackbirds Flying in a green light, Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply. — Wallace Stevens

Art Modell was a visionary, a deal-maker and a friend. And he possessed a marvelous sense of humor. — Steve Tisch

It is not at all polite to point out a crusty old pessimist's dark inner secret. — Brandon Sanderson

But there was always a shortfall, wasn't there? Between the match that the Holy One, blessed be He, envisioned and the reality of the situation under the chuppah. Between commandment and observance, heaven and earth, husband and wife, Zion and Jew. They called that shortfall 'the world.' Only when Messiah came would the breach be closed, all separations, distinctions, and distances collapsed. Until then, thanks be unto His Name, sparks, bright sparks, might leap across the gap, as between electric poles. And we must be grateful for their momentary light. — Michael Chabon

I never give up on my players, and I'll never give up on people. — Art Modell

At times of great stress it is especially necessary to achieve a complete freeing of the muscles — Constantin Stanislavski

And Ghastly became aware of Ravel's eyes, brimming with tears, those eyes that had many a lady swooning over him down through the centuries. Those golden eyes. — Derek Landy

When you feel over confident, check if it is your arrogance speaking to you? — Vishwas Chavan

I want to be remembered as a guy who tried his best and did his best. — Art Modell

If you start becoming withdrawn and looking over your shoulder, being careful about what you say, that's being paranoid. This is an open, accessible team. That's been my trademark for years. — Art Modell

The quality of ownership is not what it was in yesteryear. — Art Modell

I had to do what I had to do to keep my family alive. Period. — Art Modell

Property is, after all, a social convention, an agreement about someone's exclusive right to use a thing in specified ways. However, we seem to have forgotten this. We seem to think that property belongs to us in some essential way, that it is of us. We seem to think that our property is part of ourselves, and that by owning it we therefore make ourselves more, larger, greater. — Charles Eisenstein

Prejudice, like the spider, makes everywhere its home. It has neither taste nor choice of place, and all that it requires is room. If the one prepares her food by poisoning it to her palate and her use, the other does the same. Prejudice may be denominated the spider of the mind. — Thomas Paine