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“The presumption that the law can tell us what natural institution is supposed to be is a formula for totalitarianism. There's not equality in a family; there never is. And yet for that reason, the family is condemned as patriarchal. The goal of this sort of legislation is about the destruction of the traditional family, not just marriage.”

Reason Law Goal Natural Destruction Institutions Traditional Supposed To Be Formulas Legislation Totalitarianism Presumption Traditional Family

Author:Francis George

“By its very nature, film is supposed to be an accessible medium to everybody.”

Film Mediums Supposed To Be

Author:Stephen King

“Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.”

Ifs Thinking Sometimes Jobs Film Waiting Position Amount Scene Complicated Spots Supposed To Be Shooting Time Spent Technicians

Author:Catherine Deneuve

“As a filmmaker, you're always supposed to be with your characters, in all movies, even if they're villains.”

Ifs Character Supposed To Be Filmmaker Villain

Author:Robert Zemeckis

“To work effectively in a film, you have to repeat and work consistently. Basically, you shoot a big master then you do close-ups. You're supposed to be in the same moment, the same 30-second moment, for a day.”

Moments Bigs Film Masters Supposed To Be Repeats Consistently

Author:Colin Firth

“In a love scene that's really advantageous because you don't have that horrible moment of: "We don't really know what we're supposed to be doing, we just know we're supposed to be snogging and then shagging." Then the director shouts "action" and it's like: "Should I feel her boobs? I don't want to feel her boobs!"”

Knows Want Feels Should Moments Action Scene Directors Horrible Supposed To Be Should I Shagging Snogging

Author:James McAvoy

“It really depends on the director. I think quite often, it's not what you expect. The most serious film can be the most fun. The one that's supposed to be fun can be the most serious. I don't think there are any hard-and-fast rules. I just think it really depends on your director and what the general vibe is.”

Thinking Hard Film Fun Serious Depends Directors Supposed To Be

Author:Eric Bana

“When I was a kid, I wanted to be a boy. I really had gender issues. I really thought I was supposed to be a boy. I used to sneak into my dad's room and put on a suit, drink a cocktail, and pretend to smoke a cigarette.”

Kids Wanted Used Rooms Boys Issues Dad Drink My Dad Gender Suits Smoke Supposed To Be Cigarette Cocktails Sneak Gender Issues

Author:Jane Lynch

“I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare. When I was at school, I was in Hamlet. I played Claudius, who's supposed to be a 60-year-old man, and I was like 18. It's inherently ridiculous seeing 18-year-old boys with gray beards. That's always funny.”

Thinking Men Years Kids School Boys Seeing Ridiculous Supposed To Be Old Man Gray Beard

Author:Steve Coogan

“Hot Fuzz in a strange way, for me, summons up the spirit of watching R-rated films that I was too young to watch. I was 14, 13 maybe, when Robocop came out. Seeing Robocop at my brother's friend's house, and not really supposed to be watching it, because it was [rated] 18 and I was 13. That mind-blowing experience, because not only is it a great film, but it feels illicit.”

Way Feels Mind Film Young Spirit House Watches Seeing Strange Brother Hot Supposed To Be My Brother Mind Blowing Great Film Robocop

Author:Edgar Wright

“We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute.”

Kind Scene Supposed To Be Cute Bending Bending Over

Author:Melinda Clarke

“What bothers me is when music becomes entertainment. Of course, music is supposed to be entertaining, but go back to any period of time - music had a cultural significance on different levels, whether it was folk music, it was the news of the village, or it had to do with the rites of passage.”

Different Courses Levels Periods News Music Is Folks Entertainment Supposed To Be Bother Significance Village Passages Entertaining Rite Different Levels Folk Music Rite Of Passage

Author:Billy Corgan

“Music is supposed to be interwoven into the fabric of society; it is not supposed to be a plaything that is there to serve the population's titillation of the moment.”

Moments Music Is Population Supposed To Be Fabric

Author:Billy Corgan

“When alternative music - which is supposed to be the standard-bearer of where white rock is headed - becomes either too cute or too manufactured, that's just really not good.”

White Rocks Standards Alternatives Supposed To Be Cute Alternative Music

Author:Billy Corgan

“It's funny because I went to a predominantly white school, but for some reason they always picked the musicals that were supposed to be done by totally black casts.”

Reason Done School Black White Casts Supposed To Be

Author:Dane DeHaan

“In Israel, it always meant - and a lot of that is still true - there was only one kind of man you could be, there were no alternatives, no options. If you were from a good family, you were supposed to be a successful soldier at 18 and be strong, and prepared to protect your wife and family, or family and children, and be prepared to die for your country.”

Ifs Men Kind Children Stills Country Dies Strong Successful Wife Protect Prepared Soldier Israel Alternatives Supposed To Be Be Prepared Good Family

Author:Eytan Fox

“Young filmmakers are supposed to be the young turks that advance the current state of filmmaking ideas.”

Ideas States Young Currents Supposed To Be Filmmaker Filmmaking

Author:Reginald Hudlin

“The average age of a model is fifteen years old. It's so crazy to me. And how confusing for men; they're like, "Well, I'm supposed to be attracted to that image" - like that's what it's designed for - "but it's a fifteen year old girl." I think it's a very confusing thing for every single person involved.”

Thinking Men Years Wells Persons Age Girl Crazy Involved Models Average Supposed To Be Fifteen Confusing Single Person Fifteen Years Fifteen Years Old

Author:Laura Benanti

“What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself. Part of what I was trying to do was to make the decision to go into business and find the guts to see it through. I was told that when I went in to see the bankers that I was supposed to be very muted, that I was supposed to blend in, that I was supposed to have the typical drab suit on.”

Thinking Trying Believe I Believe Decision I Believe In Suits Supposed To Be Guts Typical Bankers I Believe In Myself

Author:Debbi Fields

“According to the Church, one of the key attributes of sainthood is death. You have to die first. So, I'll agree already (that) I might not have all the attributes that usually that the Church looks for when canonizing somebody because I'm supposed to be dead already.”

Firsts Looks Might Dies Church Keys Agree Supposed To Be Attributes Sainthood

Author:Lino Rulli

“As an actor, you're supposed to be able to form yourself into different characters and different roles. It's a transformation, and it is awesome.”

Different Character Able Form Actors Roles Transformation Supposed To Be Different Characters

Author:Katie Cassidy

“When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem.”

Men Important Country Problem Supposed To Be One Man

Author:Martina Navratilova

“The aging process is fascinating because it doesn't disturb me, because this is what it is supposed to be like. But I'll tell you what does - it's the lack of strength - you can't hold up suitcases and do it yourself. Loss of physical strength.”

Doe Process Loss Aging Supposed To Be Fascinating Do It Yourself Suitcases Physical Strength Aging Process

Author:Anita Roddick

“Chemotherapy isn't good for you. So when you feel bad, as I am feeling now, you think, 'Well that is a good thing because it's supposed to be poison. If it's making the tumor feel this queasy, then I'm OK with it.'”

Ifs Thinking Feels Wells Feelings Good Things Supposed To Be Poison Tumors Chemotherapy

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“We really try not to spend too much time thinking about what we're supposed to be a punk band, or whatever. We do the exact same thing today that we been doing for years and years and years.”

Thinking Trying Years Today Too Much Band Supposed To Be Punk

Author:Mark Hoppus

“We'd all be alot happier if we'd stop assuming we're supposed to be happy.”

Ifs Assuming Supposed To Be

Author:Garrison Keillor

“Bureaucrats are a pox. They are supposed to be necessary. Certain chemicals in the body are supposed to be necessary to life, but cause death the moment they increase beyond a suitable limit”

Moments Body Certain Causes Limits Increase Supposed To Be Chemicals Suitable Bureaucrats Pox

Book:Impact: essays on ignorance and the decline of American civilization

Source: Impact: essays on ignorance and the decline of American civilization

“Faffing of course does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.”

Doe Courses Citizens Fit Busy Supposed To Be Productive Programmes

Author:Tom Hodgkinson

“I don't *ever* write about real people. Art is supposed to be better than that. If you want a slice of life, look out the window.”

People Ifs Want Writing Looks Art Real Art Is Window Supposed To Be Slice Of Life

Author:Barbara Kingsolver

“Richard Dawkins says he can't be sure God doesn't exist. Well, you know what I do when I'm not sure about something? I go on a big crusade about it and write a bunch of books on the subject. No, wait, that sounds more like what someone with a mental disorder would do. That's one of the crazy things about lots of atheists: They're whole movement is supposed to be about being logical and reasonable, yet they tend to rail against religion is a very mindless way that doesn't seem to serve any more purpose than a tantrum. Perhaps I just don't understand their strong faith in not having faith.”

“I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.”

Wind Bed Rain Supposed To Be Staring Gates Vegetables Gardening Pondering Chatting

Author:Tom Hodgkinson

“Americans have only the dimmest notion of what their constitutional freedoms are - and what it took to get them...[and] the willingness to surrender what we're supposed to be fighting for is a recurring part of our history.”

Fighting Notion Surrender Supposed To Be Willingness Recurring

Author:Nat Hentoff

“I try to play the bare essence, to let everything be just what it's supposed to be.”

Trying Play Essence Supposed To Be

Author:Dizzy Gillespie

“Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers say, people think that that's how we're supposed to be; but back then, we kind of looked at the streets, and we made music for that.”

People Thinking Way Kind Made Life Is Streets Opposites Supposed To Be Rapper Imitating Back In The Day

Author:Rakim

“I couldn't stand the fact that anybody else was dressing like me. It was supposed to be for me and my friends, not my daughter and her friends!”

Facts Daughter My Friends Like Me Supposed To Be My Daughter Dressings

Author:Donna Karan

“When government gets too big, freedom is lost. Government is supposed to be the servant. But when a government can tax the people with no limit or restraint on what the government can take, then the government has become the master.”

People Bigs Government Lost Masters Limits Taxes Supposed To Be Servant Restraint

Author:Ronald Reagan

“Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast into belief without reason, by a miracle, and from then on to swim in it as in the brightest and least ambiguous of elements: even a glance towards land, even the thought that one perhaps exists for something else as well as swimming, even the slightest impulse of our amphibious nature”

Source: Nietzsche: Daybreak: Thoughts on the Prejudices of Morality

“It's not supposed to be easy. It's not supposed to be driving down the interstate.”

Easy Driving Supposed To Be Interstate

Author:Carl Edwards

“Comedy is not supposed to be funny. Its supposed to tell the truth and then that's funny.”

Comedy Supposed To Be Telling The Truth

Author:Paula Patton

“You're not looking for the Rolls Royce and the big fancy trailer. Those are supposed to be the byproducts of having fun and then getting good at what you do.”

Bigs Fun Supposed To Be Having Fun Fancy Trailers Rolls Royce

Author:Bruce Campbell

“Ever since our country came into existence, we have always assumed that we are better than the Arabs. But we are noticing that these are no longer backward people. Suddenly we are confronted with a new situation - the fact that the Arab world maybe thinks just as democratically as we do, perhaps even more democratically. Where does this leave us? After all, we're supposed to be the only democracy in the Middle East!”

People Thinking World Doe Country Facts Existence Situation Democracy Middle East Our Country Supposed To Be Middle East Noticing Arab World New Situations Democracy In The Middle East

Author:Tom Segev

“I did think reviewers were supposed to be polite about story collections - collections are rather delicate creatures in the literary environment - but not everybody got this memo, I guess.”

Thinking Stories Environment Creatures Supposed To Be Collections Delicate Polite Reviewers Memos

Author:Lorrie Moore

“Part of our business is that you read interviews with these people and they don't really talk candidly about what's going on and the struggle - the struggle to do what you love and to maintain body image and to maintain this sort of false stature of who you're supposed to be as a role model and also who you are supposed to be to yourself personally and privately.”

Body Acting Roles Struggle Models Who You Are Supposed To Be Role Models Body Image What You Love Stature

Author:Amber Tamblyn

“I don't consider myself a funny girl, but I do have a sense of humor because I don't take myself too seriously. Taking yourself too seriously, I think, is not right. Life is supposed to be funny. Because if you can laugh about yourself when you made a mistake or when you did something wrong, you can learn from it.”

Ifs Thinking Made Life Is Girl Mistake Laughing Supposed To Be Sense Of Humor About Yourself Made A Mistake Funny Girl

Author:Stephanie Sigman

“If I am traitor, who did I betray? I gave all my information to the American public, to American journalists who are reporting on American issues. If they see that as treason, I think people really need to consider who they think they're working for. The public is supposed to be their boss, not their enemy.”

People Ifs Thinking Needs Enemy Issues Information Supposed To Be Journalist Boss Betray Traitor Treason

Author:Edward Snowden

“Scientists are supposed to live in ivory towers. Their darkrooms and their vibration-proof benches are supposed to isolate their activities from the disturbances of common life. What they tell us is supposed to be for the ages, not for the next election. But the reality may be otherwise.”

May Reality Age Next Common Activity Scientist Election Proof Supposed To Be Towers Vibrations Benches Disturbance Ivory Common Life Ivory Tower Darkroom

Author:Simon LeVay

“Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes.”

Feels Fun Lessons Activity Notes Supposed To Be Having Fun Employee Boss Parables

Author:Greg Daniels

“Don't be afraid of failure. That's not an easy lesson for teenagers - especially teenage girls - to learn. Our society sends us a lot of messages that imply we're supposed to be ashamed when we fall short. But I think we should be throwing each other failure parties!”

“If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself.”

Ifs Writing Kind I Can Remember Creative Studios Supposed To Be

Author:Kenny Loggins

“Well, I had a wolverine. It was supposed to be a cat, but Jason (Patric) is allergic to cats. I can't remember where I got it. Some back alley taxidermy, maybe? But I think I got it at The Bay taxidermy department. Downtown Winnipeg. Next to the tumbleweeds.”

Thinking Wells I Can Remember Next Cat Supposed To Be Department Jason Alleys Downtown Allergic Taxidermy Back Alleys Winnipeg Tumbleweeds

Author:Guy Maddin

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