Relying Quotes

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I didn`t want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

- Kim Novak

(on winning the Best Actor Oscar) "If you grow up in the suburbs of anywhere, a dream like this seems kind of vaguely ludicrous and completely unattainable. But this moment is directly connected to those imaginings. And for anybody who`s on the downside of advantage, and relying purely on courage, it`s possible."

- Russell Crowe

I enjoy doing things that are scary or things that some girls might not like because it won`t let them look gorgeous. Like, in my new movie I play a boy, and every day they`d pin my hair back and I`d have no makeup. That`s when you start relying more on your sense of humor.

- Amanda Bynes

In Hollywood, they think drawn animation doesn`t work anymore, computers are the way. They forget that the reason computers are the way is that Pixar makes good movies. So everybody tries to copy Pixar. They`re relying too much on the technology and not enough on the artists. The fact that Disney closed down its cel animation division is frightening to me. Someday soon, somebody will come along and do a drawn-animated film, and it`ll be beautiful and connect with people, and they`ll all go, `Oh, we`ve got to do that!` It`s ridiculous.

- Tim Burton

(1967 comment on director Karel Reisz) I think Karel is very good with actors; he`s very interested in the actors creating a character and not just relying on personality, he`s good at encouraging actors to explore the characterization, and I think that`s the kind of acting I`m interested in.

- Albert Finney

You know what `ROMANCE` stands for? It stands for `Relying On Magnificent And Necessary Compatible Energy.`

- Gary Busey

I`ve been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has come to depend on my ability to surrender to the inspiration whenever it strikes. When I clear my mind and let the music take over, my hands seem to move on their own, and my voice utters words I haven`t premeditated. This is pure instinct. It`s like riding a wave. You just take a deep breath, hop on, and hang on as long as you can. That`s basically how I songwrite when I`m composing impromptu pieces. It`s a lot like channeling. Or free associating. And it`s super fun, because anything can happen! It`s pure creativity.

- Christine Anderson

With him, it can happen anytime. It doesn`t matter if he does it the last week or whenever. I think we have to be careful of not sitting back and watching and not relying on it. We`re not going to put all of our eggs in that basket, it`s too dangerous. We have a nice offensive roll going and we`re not going to rely on one person.

- Adam Kennedy

I think other bowls relying on volunteers and all that, if you have to train a new volunteer every year, that gets kind of chaotic. Our idea was if the media are happy, they are going to say good things.

- John James

We`ve been relying on the housing activity for our economic growth.

- Scott Anderson

For years, Democrats pretended that they wanted campaign finance reform, all while relying heavily on soft money, ... Today`s ruling breaks the Democrats` back.

- Tom Reynolds

(Outsourcing collections can be more cost-effective, especially when dealing with debtors is a private firm`s core competency. Relying on an outsourcer also provides a central location for the collection of all debts.) A taxpayer that might owe taxes, court fines and child support is now going to get just one contact into their home instead of three or four, ... It cuts down on any confusion.

- Mike Reynolds

We are relying on local departments to help with traffic control here, ... So far, everything`s running smooth - slow, but smooth.

- Jimmy Jackson

We`ve always been the development project that lived in a time pressured setting and always where commercial entities were relying heavily on releases in a certain time frame.

- Mitchell Baker

(Wal-Mart may shift more of its ad spending to the Internet, direct-mail and local television after relying on national television, Chief Marketing Officer John Fleming told analysts in Boston last month.) For the next six months, you`ll see a lot of changes in what our advertising looks like, ... There`s an opportunity to drive clearer, more focused messages.

- John Fleming

I didn`t want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.

- Kim Novak

We`d have to be creative by relying on other volunteer organizations, neighboring cities and counties.

- Jerry Martin

I really want people to walk away from the book with the idea that they can become kind of an intuitive cook. Instead of relying on the mathematics of, you know, 2/3 of a cup of this and a cup of this, to really be able to feel the recipe.

- Tyler Florence

Ranking will be a big part of it. There is a lot more that will play into it. Right now I`m just relying on what I need for the Fed Cup and I`ll look at the Olympics after that.

- Zina Garrison

We were not at all solely relying on (information from) family members. The hospital spokeswoman was on my air live saying that she was told that the miners were coming to her hospital and ... they were alive. We had a local fire chief who was told that 12 miners were alive. He got his information from the command center. I interviewed Chris Hamilton, the senior vice president for the West Virginia Coal Association. So we had multiple, multiple sources and multiple official sources.

- Rita Cosby

History suggests that attempts to privatize Medicare by relying on private companies to offer Medicare benefits in rural America simply will not work.

- Al Nigrin

Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.

- Alex Grobler

They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import active uranium, and my colleague demonstrated the other day that they came to the conclusion that it was a fake document that everybody is relying upon.

- Alexander Duff

As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable.

- Alexandros Roussos

We`re relying on our practice guys, who have competed, to coming in morning and night.

- Anne Armao

I want Reed to win rookie of the year if I can`t. He feels the same way about me. Reed and I are relying on one another.

- Anthony Solomon

A family relying on a teacher`s salary or a city employee`s salary is solidly middle class as long as that money`s coming in. When it`s cut off, they`re committed to financial obligations that will quickly turn them upside down.

- Antonio Bandares

We were very fortunate. Their quarterback went down and he can throw the ball. We had a lot of problems with cramps and we were relying on role players who don`t get a lot of reps. This was a test of their character we`ve developed over the years.

- Baltasar Gracian

Google`s architecture can scale. Using commodity hardware, Google can deploy more capacity at a lower cost and more quickly than a competitor relying on a system built with brand-name hardware,

- Barbara Grigas