The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.
Small pictures since the Renaissance are like novels; large pictures are like dramas in which one participates in a direct way.
Disease may score a direct hit on only one member of a family, but shrapnel tears the flesh of the others.
I think that social media is a really good way to stay in touch with the people who are following you, and I think it's nice to have that very direct relationship with them - you don't necessarily need a middleman or woman. A lot of people, when I meet them, I recognize them by their profile pictures.
The happiness you feel is in direct proportion to the love you give.
Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life.
Do we really have the right to take care of ourselves? Do we really have the right to set boundaries? Do we really have the right to be direct and say what we need to say? You bet we do.
I sometimes hear people say women don't want to direct studio films, but I do. I want to direct big films, little films, TV. I want to do it all.
What separates those who achieve from those who do not is in direct proportion to one's ability to ask for help.
I like to direct landscapes just as I like to direct actors and animals.
If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans.
I'm inspired by that rawness in very direct communication. My work is not meant to keep people happy or give them an escape.
Isn't the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God gets confused one day? Not all religions claim the direct authority of God speaking to their leader. You know, I'm an atheist, but I'm a Puritan atheist.
I wouldn't want to direct. I see how much work it is.
For me, I've just always known that women were more than capable of being able to direct.
Pseudo-critics prefer to direct their remarks to the artist - Heaven forgive them - but one due rather to a common impression that such an attitude is the correct one, that all paintings should be figuratively mutilated, and that all artists are fair game, or really grateful perhaps for a few tips.
Writing improves in direct ratio to the things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.
Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
Grace stands in direct opposition to any supposed worthiness on our part. To say it another way: Grace and works are mutually exclusive. As Paul said in Romans 11:6, "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace. " Our relationship with God is based on either works or grace. There is never a works-plus-grace relationship with Him.
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.