Famous Quotes & Sayings

Mary Badham

I didn't know anything about movies or movie stars or the Academy or anything. I was just a blank sheet of paper. I was totally ignorant of all that stuff. I never went to the movies, didn't know anything about the movies.

Houston Academy has a really good team. I thought our kids fought hard in spots, but we were beaten by a much better team.

Rachael Taylor

I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.

I named it the Zen Fencing Academy for my hero, a gentleman by the name of Joe Odom, who sadly passed away last year. He was my role model as a fencer and as an instructor. He founded a club in Pittsburgh, Fencers For Fun, as a method of keeping kids off the streets. He always came to (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) to help us out because we didn't have a coach. We always referred to him as the 'Zen master of fencing'. He was that wise old Pat Morita kind of character.

Joshua Bell

I'm having a blast being the music director at the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. It certainly is challenging for me, but I love challenges.

Rene Russo

I'll be honest with you: I'd rather have BAFTA over an Academy Award any day. Because it's just cool.

Harold Bloom

I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike -- and I don't think there really is a distinction between the two -- are always dominated by fools, knaves, charlatans and bureaucrats. And that being the case, any human being, male or female, of whatever status, who has a voice of her or his own, is not going to be liked.

C.J. is a great baseball player, but he's an even better young man. I guarantee he'll be the hardest worker coach (Scott) Cornett has ever had there. I go home from the academy at 10 at night, and he and his dad are still there working.

Gary LeVox

Because we're out there just beating the street and on tour and working so hard, you forget that award shows are even coming up because it's just about giving back to the fans. To see all your hard work pay off and have the academy nominate you and your peers think enough of you to have your name put in a category is just awesome.

Kate Winslet

Before 'Titanic,' yes, I had done some things and, yes, I had been nominated for an Academy Award, but I had never been sort of world-famous. And I suppose, yes, I am really famous now. But I feel embarrassed to say that because it's just a bit daft for me.

Brad Roberts

I am really excited about going out there and playing with some of the guys from different regions and playing with the best. Just the opportunity to represent the Academy in hockey and our league is just awesome.

Buck Shaw gave the academy instant name recognition because of his time in the NFL,

Emotionally, this was a big victory for us. We're planning on seeing Academy at least two more times this season and probably three.

We didn't play a good game. And Latin Academy came to play. We just weren't ready.

We went to Connecticut and I met the cadets from the Coast Guard Academy because they read my book over the summer for class,

This very possibly has something to do with the fact that this week the Academy will announce this year's winner.

We'll just keep playing, it's not a big deal. These kids will forget about it and move on. We have Latin Academy next and that will be a tough game. Hopefully we can come back and do a better job.

Up until now, people had very little access to see Academy short nominations before the Academy ceremony.

The Oscar gap that exists between the academy and its audience isn't snobbery or liberal elitism as much as it reflects a different grading scale. Most moviegoers look for entertainment, while the academy looks for art.

These children have enough on their plates as it is. At Arlington Heights Academy they have trust with someone who has been helping them all along. You want to take that trust away for a dollar amount?

These emission cuts must begin in the next 10 years if we want to pull this off with a minimum of economic impact. As the National Academy of Sciences has emphasized, delay makes the job much harder. A slow start will mean a crash finish.

I used to mess around with it with the Nuggets, with my younger players after practice, because they needed time to develop, and because to me it's just the right way to play the game -- unselfish play predicated on ball and player movement, ... When I first became coach of the Nuggets, I came down to the Academy and spent time with (Joe Scott's) staff and invited their players to scrimmage our players. I knew the Air Force players would make our guys chase them defensively. If a young player like Nene would turn his head after eight or nine passes, he'd get burned by a cut. It really helped us.

Nicola Sturgeon

The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic.

The Super Bowl is one of those television events like the Academy Awards that really dominates and monopolizes the audience.

We've got a lot of runs that have been playing for a month, and some of these markets are over-encumbered. So there's a weakness in some of these theaters that are playing out. It's a function of normal attrition, despite the Academy awards stuff. It's the core markets that it's important to sustain.

The board of trustees believes the long-term interests of the Academy are best served by implementation of this change in the school name.

The beginning of black studies was the idea that it would be a collaboration between the academy and the community.

Taking our productions out of the Academy is something we've been considering for a while. In the RSAMD theatre, we could normally sell out several times over.

It's tough trying to make improvements when as an academy you are so much in the media spotlight. But I'm proud of what we have achieved so far.

Daniel Levy

Damien has a long and impressive track record of scouting and signing many talented and successful youth and senior players. I believe he will be a huge asset to the club with his forward-thinking approach to international networking and partnerships. His achievements at St-Etienne show he is also ideally suited to bring best practice to our training facilities, academy and medical divisions.

Crash provided jobs for actors and other LA-based workers, who are increasingly frustrated by runaway productions that travel to far-flung locations. Moreover, because Crash was a story dealing with complex racial relations in Los Angeles, it was something that LA-based Academy members could easily relate to.

It was a proud year for all Canadians (at) the Academy Awards.

It was awesome. The line for autographs stretched all the way through the Sports Academy and wrapped around it.