My father had to flee from what is today Pakistan when he was a child, and he became a manager at IBM, and any item of consumption he would acquire was a direct measurement of his success in life. But that same equation wasn't going to work for me - I was quite clear about that in my early teens.
I promise that as a president elected in a direct popular vote, I will try to be the voice of all citizens.
I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.
We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
I eventually want to write and direct and produce my own stuff.
There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
Direct threats require decisive action.
The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.
My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn't really talk about it. I know that it's there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.
Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it.
In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.
It's not my ambition to direct lots of films. I think if I direct one film in my whole life, why rush it?
The interparliamentary conference should, in my opinion, direct its particular attention to the preparation of the next Hague Conference, the diplomatic conference, the conference of governments.
That I feel a desire, my friends, that we in this latter day of the world, in which light is fast spreading, that we should be willing to attend to those portions of the Scriptures of truth that direct us home to the foundation.
I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.
We're having such a great time on 'Nashville' that building on the relationship seemed an obvious next step. Lionsgate is the perfect home for the kind of scripted television I want to produce and direct.
If you have children, you know you're responsible for somebody. You realize you are being imitated; your belief systems and priorities have a direct influence on these children, who are like flowers in a garden.
There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
When you go in for any life rights, you always ask, 'Who would you have play this person, or who would you have direct?'
Well, obviously I was excited by the idea that Woody Allen was going to direct it. But at the same time, the script itself and the character was really interesting.
Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.
I have fun acting, and I want to do more of it, and I want to direct my own movie.
The two things that got everyone's attention about the 'House of Cards' deal was the two-season commitment and David Fincher. After David Fincher directs a series for Netflix, no one else can say, 'Well, I'm not going to direct a series for the Internet.'
Anyway, in my writing I've always been interested in finding places to stand, and I've found it very useful to have a direct experience of what I'm writing about.
The method of magnitude estimation provided a direct measure of sensation.
It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace.
The results you achieve will be in direct proportion to the effort you apply.
Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions.
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
I want to write, direct, produce, but in steps. I want to take steps. I don't want to just jump in because I sold a lot of records and just feel like I can jump into the movie world. Naw, I want to learn the movie world like I learned the music world.
While it was a very interesting period in my life, I was happy to get back to more direct contact with students in the classroom and in my research projects.
Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
