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It takes two hands to clap.

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one hand you have to make sure the performances are there, but on the other hand it's a film that demands, to my mind, a very layered and complex visual scheme. That takes a lot of time to figure out.

The precision of naming takes away from the uniqueness of seeing.

I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance.

When you're onstage and you know you're bombing, that's very, very scary. Because you know you gotta keep going - you're bombing, but you can't stop. And you know that half an hour from now, you're still gonna be bombing. It takes a thick skin.

I'm thinking to myself, I just love doing the art, it takes me a morning to do.

Death is a billion-dollar business. They can't even pass a law where it takes seven days to get a gun. Why don't you have to go through the same kind of screening you do to get a driver's license? It's totally insane.

All of us want to see the details of any legislative plan if there's going to be a legislative response, but Congress, I believe, is in the mood to do whatever it takes to win this war against terrorism.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

Indeed, whenever a new idea is developed, as for example ballooning, warfare immediately takes possession.

If a servant strives to please his master and studies and takes pains to do it, I believe there are but few masters who would use such a servant cruelly.

Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world takes everything at face value.

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.

Instant gratification takes too long.

We want to be funny. We want to make people laugh... We'll do whatever it takes.

You know, it takes a while to get used to - it's a whole group of people with all these ideas and after you sort of navigate your way through the first few episodes it becomes collaborative and creative.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

You can't expect to take a definitive image in half an hour. It takes days, often years.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

You get used to working with one choreographer. You kind of get stuck in that vein and you work your way out of it, picking up someone else's style, their flavor. It takes a bit of time.

If I have any appeal at all, it's to the fellow who takes out the garbage.

Every significant event that takes place in our lives is set to some kind of music.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement.

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

That's what takes people out of the fight half the time. They get hit and half the reaction is your ego is saying, 'I cannot believe that person just lit me up - how humiliating.'

I'm a guy that wants the movie to work. So whatever it takes or whatever you got to do - I'm happy to do.

Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.

I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with.

It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.