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The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
David Friedman
I think we have the same goals in mind. We are not planning on just all of a sudden taking a film and separating. Hopefully one day she can direct me in something, or I will direct her. Or we'll produce a movie under our company's name.
Mary-Kate Olsen
Many writers upon the science of political economy have declared that it is the duty of a nation first to encourage the creation of wealth; and second, to direct and control its distribution. All such theories are delusive.
Leland Stanford
I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.
Robert Smithson
I only direct in self-defense.
Mel Brooks
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Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.
Thomas E. Mann 
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I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand.
Rick Wagoner
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If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.
John Sununu
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There is no sense in doing a wonderful script with somebody who can't direct because that is a disaster.
Robert Culp
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I did 10 years of comedies and 10 years of Westerns. I really like to stay away from car chases. I prefer the more intimate film. You have a much more direct association with the emotions.
Elmer Bernstein
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But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is a direct result of what the economic hit men are doing.
John Perkins
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Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.
Jamie Lee Curtis
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
Orson Pratt
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Well, I think that when you direct a movie or write it. And in the case of the two movies I did, I wrote and directed, they occupy a special place for you.
Sean Penn
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I did have an offer to direct one of the Alien movies but I wasn't too excited about all the effects work.
Walter Hill
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