In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.
It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.
Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
Dr. Esserman, who directs the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, is one of only a few surgeons in the United States willing to put women with D.C.I.S. on active surveillance instead of performing biopsies, lumpectomies or mastectomies.
What is now proved was once only imagined.
Nature, philosophy and social issues are the three things that always occupy my mind. You do not have any power over others but can only change yourself.
Nothing irritates me more than chronic laziness in others. Mind you, it's only mental sloth I object to. Physical sloth can be heavenly.
Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.
There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
I think film cannot only teleport you to places you don't know, but it can help you see people you thought were one way and in fact are another. They can allow us to examine ourselves.
Because if you don't have a great workforce, a great higher education system, you're not going to have the next eBay, the next AmGen, the next, you know, Miasole, and not only California but America is going to fall behind a whole new competitive context which is obviously China, India, and other countries.
Political rhetoric leads only to confusion.
It was repugnant, but it was the only way to communicate.
Space is dark but, of course, when we're on the sun side of the Earth, we're in full illumination and we have all the reflection of the Earth below us, beautiful blue Earth and we're in daylight. Only on the back side, opposite side of the sun, it seems like night to us, too.
People only look at me as a Beatle, but my friends look at me as a whole person. That's how life works, but it's not bugging me anymore.
In December, I agreed to extend the tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans because it was the only way I could prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans. But we cannot afford $1 trillion worth of tax cuts for every millionaire and billionaire in our society. We can't afford it. And I refuse to renew them again.
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
I dislike pastiche; it attracts attention to the language only.
The rider and the team need to understand one another and work in the same direction. Then the rider's happy, and only then will the rider be able to give 100%.
It is one of the issues that will have to be worked through however let me make the point and I think anyone would accept that if you set it up properly, not only will you get better environmental outcomes, you have a chance to create more wealth with the available resource.
I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing.
Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
What the eyes perceive in herbs or stones or trees is not yet a remedy; the eyes see only the dross.
The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.
I was only interested in my scene, and I had to go through thousands and thousands of other scenes. I got my scene and I read it many, many, many, many, many times. That was my research.
I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint.
Talent is only the starting point.
I was just thrilled to get the gig to begin with. Ten years later to still have it is not only thrilling but also somewhat of a puzzlement.
The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
There were times, sure, I wanted my career to go better. But once it starts to go downhill, you can never get back, or only to some degree.
Only a literary work that reveals an unknown fragment of human existence has a reason for being.
Only if you aspire for more will you achieve more.
