Leonard Maltin
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A Christmas Carol is such a fool-proof story you can't louse it up. LEONARD MALTIN Beauty and the Beast became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture. LEONARD MALTIN While it was occasionally done here or there, nobody else had a figurehead like Walt doing it. Jack ... LEONARD MALTIN Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to d... LEONARD MALTIN What she said seemed to matter. She provoked response, discussion, arguments. She was so passionate. LEONARD MALTIN It is as old as the movies themselves. LEONARD MALTIN [Successes like the recent film,] March of the Penguins, ... the field is still wide open and anythi... LEONARD MALTIN We know Jodie Foster is a smart woman. But it's always tough for women to find leading roles in comm... LEONARD MALTIN The year of 'Saving Private Ryan,' everybody was certain it was a lock. People thought it was a sure... LEONARD MALTIN The movie is in some uncharted waters, because it shows what it's like for two men to feel that kind... LEONARD MALTIN You want to make an impression. Being clever helps. LEONARD MALTIN When you've had a career as long and as varied and as celebrated as Maureen Stapleton, it's hard to ... LEONARD MALTIN She could be dogmatic, of course and Lord help you if you disagreed -- that was the tone of many of ... LEONARD MALTIN [He followed Mr. Allen to California in the late 1950's, appearing in such films as] Sex Kittens Go ... LEONARD MALTIN You accept the characters Davis plays because you're not thinking about her [as a star], LEONARD MALTIN She was an actress of enormous skill and versatility. LEONARD MALTIN He's a great choice. He's both smart and funny. He can be serious when the case demands. He can be s... LEONARD MALTIN Nobody ever puts a seat belt on in a movie. It's 'uncool.' I think that's incredibly irresponsible. LEONARD MALTIN No one ever dreamt Mia Farrow had comedic abilities until she appeared in his films, LEONARD MALTIN Movie theaters still exist in spite of all of the alternatives that are available, video and video-o... LEONARD MALTIN Certainly he would have liked meatier roles or roles that allowed him to go beyond just the look, th... LEONARD MALTIN She does the same reliable job you'd expect her to do. ... She has a track record that is long and s... LEONARD MALTIN He apparently had a Svengali-like approach or control over her and set out to mold and shape her eve... LEONARD MALTIN I'd find it hard to argue against anyone who's on the list. But lists are fundamentally silly. It's ... LEONARD MALTIN Tim pays homage to Ray Harryhausen and George Pal and people whose films he saw growing up and who a... LEONARD MALTIN I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and hi... LEONARD MALTIN I teach at USC. I have a big class of 360 kids, only about a fifth of whom are film majors. I don... LEONARD MALTIN I like being the underdog so they don't expect what's going to happen. It pushes me to work ... KAWHI LEONARD ELMORE LEONARD LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape j... LEONARD SLATKIN LEONARD LAUDER That which is alike will be called same. That which is not same is different. LEONARD BLOOMFIELD Professionally, I was at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and did lots of things there, and then I won... LYDIA LEONARD LEONARD SUSSKIND LEONARD ORR LEONARD COHEN Obviously, I like guys that can defend other positions. Draymond Green is doing a great job with Gol... 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GEORGE LEONARD LEONARD COHEN History tells us more than we want to know about what is wrong with man, and we can hardly turn a pa... GEORGE LEONARD STEW LEONARD LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN GLORIA LEONARD LEONARD COHEN LEONARD BERNSTEIN LEONARD BERNSTEIN LEONARD BERNSTEIN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD BERNSTEIN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD BERNSTEIN LEONARD BERNSTEIN STEW LEONARD STEVE LEONARD LEONARD COHEN GLORIA LEONARD LEONARD BERNSTEIN Clarity affords focus. THOMAS LEONARD LEONARD COHEN LEONARD MLODINOW LEONARD NIMOY LEONARD SUSSKIND It was a great feeling to be named an All-Star starter, to know that my hard work is paying off and ... KAWHI LEONARD LEONARD COHEN Well, first of all the Dominion Bureau of Statistics made a survey in the spring of 1970, which show... LEONARD WOODCOCK LEONARD LAUDER LEONARD COHEN LEONARD SUSSKIND LEONARD MLODINOW LEONARD NIMOY LEONARD BOSWELL LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN It takes a long time to grow an old friend. JOHN LEONARD LEONARD BOSWELL LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD BOSWELL LEONARD MLODINOW LEONARD COHEN LEONARD NIMOY I use my hands like a sculptor, to mold and shape the sound I want, to clarify. LEONARD SLATKIN LEONARD SUSSKIND LEONARD COHEN LEONARD BOSWELL ELMORE LEONARD LEONARD BERNSTEIN LEONARD COHEN ELMORE LEONARD On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figur... LEONARD SLATKIN You can't serve up hearts like cherries jubilee. LEONARD BAILEY LEONARD NIMOY ELMORE LEONARD LEONARD COHEN We're the underdogs and that's a good position to be in. AMY LEONARD They had a lot of confidence coming in and they came in on a streak. A lot of people didn't give us ... AMY LEONARD We couldn't really stop Clemens. Jessica was tough and you had two good teams playing and one had to... AMY LEONARD She spent a lot of her own time working individually on her skills, her footwork, getting to the bas... AMY LEONARD We stepped it up quite a bit in the third. AMY LEONARD In the first half we shot OK, but we missed some easy put-backs and stuff like that. We came out in ... AMY LEONARD I'm not going to assume anything over anybody. It's girls basketball, on any given day it can go any... AMY LEONARD LEONARD SUSSKIND I remember being a teenager and watching 40-year-old Michael Jordan compete in his final All-Star ga... KAWHI LEONARD LEONARD NIMOY More than 100 people are involved in a transplant operation... and we can't waste time and resou... LEONARD BAILEY LEONARD BOSWELL The role of an orchestra in the 21st century isn't just playing, it's about developing futur... LEONARD SLATKIN I'll never try to win an award. I'm out there just playing for my team. KAWHI LEONARD LEONARD NIMOY LEONARD NIMOY What Bill Clinton did to us was cruel. The White House gave my attorneys indications that there was ... LEONARD PELTIER Now, wages in the automobile industry are made up of two components, what we call base rates and the... LEONARD WOODCOCK In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre m... JOSHUA LEONARD LEONARD MLODINOW The conductor is the artistic leader and sometimes cultural arbiter of his or her community. It is t... LEONARD SLATKIN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD NIMOY I want the kids to know that it's not a myth that somebody from their city plays and wins in the... KAWHI LEONARD ELMORE LEONARD The bailout of Fannie Mae is completely off the books. It's going to cost us hundreds of billion... LEONARD LANCE LEONARD COHEN Anyone can be a barbarian; it requires a terrible effort to remain a civilized man. LEONARD WOOLF In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of... JOHN LEONARD ELMORE LEONARD LEONARD ORR Arnold Bennett was a writer I admired. He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed. HUGH LEONARD I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better lookin... HUGH LEONARD The FBI has always supported big business and big government. LEONARD PELTIER LEONARD LAUDER LEONARD NIMOY LEONARD BERNSTEIN LEONARD SUSSKIND I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do. ... BUCK LEONARD LEONARD RAVENHILL LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD COHEN LEONARD LAUDER LEONARD BOSWELL I think I definitely have to improve my 3-point shot and my defense. There's probably a lot of thing... BRITTANY LEONARD My dad is probably the biggest reason why I'm going there. He got to coach Tiffany and my brother (T... BRITTANY LEONARD
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All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. 
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