Top Direct Quotes
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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I would like to direct. What goes on behind stage is very interesting.
Sarah Sutton 
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Basically I say a few prayers before a game and let that direct me, not superstitions.
Brian McBride
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So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.
Talib Kweli
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James Ivory comes close to the actors for the first rehearsal. He more or less lets you direct yourself and then will only correct you if he finds it incorrect.
Leslie Caron
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It's always better to speak the language of the team. Not only for the direct contact with everyone - sometimes it also helps you to understand the mentality of the people in the team a bit better.
Alain Prost
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It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.
James Cash Penney
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Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
W. H. Auden
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If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.
John Woolman
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