What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in my opinion, was making it look so genuine, so effortless. I equally have tried to remain unseen on the screen.
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We're on radio and televis... CHARLES STANLEY Whenever I see a stock market explode, six to 12 months later you are in a full blown recovery. STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER I'm convinced that the man who has learned to meditate upon the Lord will be able to run on his feet... CHARLES STANLEY The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is marketing. You've got a bunch of faceless people in a back roo... PAUL STANLEY When a plan or strategy fails, people are tempted to assume it was the wrong vision. Plans and strat... ANDY STANLEY Because I direct films, I have to live in a major English-speaking production center. That narrows i... STANLEY KUBRICK Our job as writers and thinkers in the time is how to bring about the occasions that let people have... STANLEY CROUCH The only exercise I got as a kid was fork to mouth. Food was equated with love in my household. I th... PAUL STANLEY Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a... STANLEY KUBRICK The Gospel of John makes explicit what all the Gospels assume - that is, the cross is not a defeat, ... STANLEY HAUERWAS I don't read much nonfiction because the nonfiction I do read always seems to be so badly writte... STANLEY ELKIN All of these things are going to converge, forcing strategists to raise estimates for this year and ... STANLEY NABI When rock & roll is done with that fervor, it's close to gospel. PAUL STANLEY I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times... STANLEY TUCCI When you start fooling around with drugs, you're hurting your creativity, you're hurting you... PAUL STANLEY Christian salvation consists in works. To be saved is to be made holy. To be saved requires our bein... STANLEY HAUERWAS What do you take me for? A fourteen karat sucker? STANLEY KUBRICK When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part. CHARLES STANLEY Part of my advantage is that my strength is economic forecasting, but that only works in free market... STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER Death threatens our speech with futility because death is not just a biological event - it is a real... STANLEY HAUERWAS When people conclude that all is futile, then the absurd becomes the norm. STANLEY CROUCH Running a fashion business takes the heart of a good gambler. You're always dealing with new thi... STANLEY MARCUS I believe that good investors are successful not because of their IQ, but because they have an inves... STANLEY DRUCKENMILLER The durable goods report for December was extremely strong. The headline rise of 1.3 percent was dec... STEPHEN STANLEY He finished a length behind Laity, and he's 4-1. MARK STANLEY It takes more discipline than you might imagine to think, even for thirty seconds, in the noisy, con... STANLEY KUBRICK Domestic demand has been nowhere close to strong or impressive. MORGAN STANLEY Textiles embody all the dimensions of art: color, innovation, talent. STANLEY MARCUS As you walk through the valley of the unknown, you will find the footprints of Jesus both in front o... CHARLES STANLEY