Originally, I didn`t like (John Ford)--because of his material: for example, the comic secondary characters, the brutality, the male-female relationships typified by the man`s slapping the woman on the backside. But eventually I came to understand that he had achieved an absolute uniformity of technical expertise. And his technique is the more admirable for being unobtrusive: His camera is invisible; his staging is perfect; he maintains a smoothness of surface in which no one scene is allowed to become more important than any other. Such mastery is possible only after one has made an enormous number of films. Questions of quality aside, John Ford is the Georges Simenon of directors.
- François TruffautIt`s the South that maintains the idea that they`re different, which is interesting because nobody else really cares.
- Josh Lucas(On his children`s names - True and Ocean - & his name) "I want those names to be their destiny, for my daughter to be honest and my son to be expansive. I try to be like a forest, revitalizing and constantly growing." As a child, Whitaker admitted that he was teased about his unusual name, but he maintains his name helped him learn who he was as a person. "Kids would tease me, calling me `Little Bush.` But...I thought being called Forest helped me find my identity."
- Forest WhitakerIt is vital that the United States maintains open lines of communication with our allies. We must assure them of our commitment to eradicating global terrorism wherever it may reside or wherever it`s given haven.
- George AllenAnd the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn`t say that. The Constitution doesn`t say that that nominee shall have any vote at all. There doesn`t have to even be a vote.
- Robert ByrdOn Earth, we still have a beautiful atmosphere that precisely maintains a thermally driven climatic system that shelters, shields and sustains our natural treasures.
- Ali DayihAbove all, what socialist, without flushing with shame, maintains he is not a revolutionary? We say: none!.
- Alice SchwarzerBut in the end, science does not provide the answers most of us require. Its story of our origins and of our end is, to say the least, unsatisfactory. To the question, "How did it all begin?", science answers, "Probably by an accident." To the question, "How will it all end?", science answers, "Probably by an accident." And to many people, the accidental life is not worth living. Moreover, the science-god has no answer to the question, "Why are we here?" and, to the question, "What moral instructions do you give us?", the science-god maintains silence.
- Anji BromleyEach institution maintains its separate identity, but the partnership in terms of space and library and just the cross-pollination of student life and faculty life '¦ has been a very positive thing.
- Anne McCormackThe assessments are part of a stringent process to verify that the Brownsburg Police Department meets and maintains the superior standards established by the internationally recognized CALEA, ... The process is voluntary to achieve and maintain accredited status, a highly esteemed recognition of law enforcement professional excellence.
- Anthony Nicodemo(In the DIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES, Bishop J. Jon Bruno lost the first round in a property fight with St. James, Newport Beach, but he is fighting back with all guns blazing. He disputes the notion of free speech and says it is simply a matter of who owns the property, which he, of course, maintains that he does. One VirtueOnline reader observed that Bruno`s caterwauling about losing in court did not cite any grounds for appeal -- only the opinion that the ruling was in) error. ... Nine times out of 10 when you lose in the circuit court -- you`ve lost. Generally, appeals courts don`t overturn the rulings of lower courts. That`s why appeals that triumph are such big news.
- Antun DomicFrom what I`ve seen, it works pretty well. It maintains hair and probably grows some hair back.
- Barry Biffle