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“I've still not gotten my choice of the best roles in the world.”

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Lauren Bacall, born on September 16, 1924, was an iconic American film actress. Renowned for her charm and acting prowess, she rose to fame with her role in 'To Have and Have Not' and other classic films. more

“I never think of the word legacy. It doesn't mean anything. You do the right thing, in my judgment, and things will work out. That's what drives me. I'm not looking for legacy or history books or whatever. I know what we've done here has saved a significant number of lives. The burden is not on me. It's on the politicians who made the decisions to limit what we're doing. They're the ones who are going to pay a price, in my judgment, if crime significantly increases.”

Thinking Mean Book Done Decision Crime Politician Judgment Work Out Burden Significant Legacy Right Thing Things Will Work Out

Author:Raymond Kelly

“When I had the job of police commissioner, 20 years ago, I was more sensitive, more cognizant of complaints and concerned about public opinion. I've learned to do what I think is the right thing. That lessens the impact of criticism. You get used to a pressurized environment and expect it every day.”

Thinking Opinion Environment Concerned Criticism Police Sensitive Right Thing

Author:Raymond Kelly

“No other agency is scrutinized like the police. Everything we do is in a goldfish bowl. We are not the most popular people in society. We do things like use deadly force; we're the bearers of bad news. We're not firefighters, who are viewed as heroic, helping people, with people loving them back. The police have a much more complex and demanding job.”

People Helping Police Heroic Helping People Firefighter

Author:Raymond Kelly

“As a designer, everything is always about aesthetics mixed in with functionality and having that visual appeal. But you learn fast as a new parent with an infant that if it’s not deeply practical as well, then forget about it. Style wise, I wanted to design items that would work well in any nursery - regardless of gender.”

Parent Forget Wise Style Design Gender Designer Infant Nursery

Author:Nate Berkus

“In every interior my firm and I design, we are always reaching for vintage pieces, and materials that feel classic and timeless. It's how I feel about fashion as well, and definitely one of the intentions I had when designing the layette collection. I'm not a fan of trends.”

Fashion Design Intention Firm Classic Timeless

Author:Nate Berkus

“The Seydoux-Schlumberger industrial empire won't make $100 million movies. Hollywood does that much better. But you don't make movies because of their budgets, you make movies because you believe in them. Setting limits doesn't matter to me.”

Believe

Author:Jerome Seydoux

“I believe strongly that in order to compete against VOD, the Internet - any competition - exhibition has to achieve higher standards, more comfort in everything.”

Believe I Believe Achieve Internet Comfort Competition

Author:Jerome Seydoux

“Cinema is haute couture or, if that's a little too ambitious, at least it should approach that standard. Pathe Plus is just part of the business. We have to improve all our cinemas. In France, we're not looking to open many more screens, but rather to raise the standards of our current cinemas.”

Ambitious

Author:Jerome Seydoux

“Exhibition is certainly the safest part of the cinema business, but it's very capital intensive.”

Author:Jerome Seydoux

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