Quotes by Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.

Differences

Essence

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The unconscious is our best collaborator.

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Consciousness

Unconscious

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There’s nothing in the American dream about character. It’s a serious flaw.

Character

Dream

Serious

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There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.

Astonishment

Fall

Falling In Love

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Will we allow the decline of our language-the language of Shakespeare, Shaw and Steinbeck? Will we abuse our precious gift of communication? Will we bite our mother tongue with the teeth of indifference, crushing the taste buds of clarity and, without prompt application of the antiseptic of education, causing the gangrene of strained metaphors? Stand up, America, and let me hear your answer: Ain’t no way, dude!

Communication

Crush

Mother

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Yes. The whole point about laughter is it’s like mercury: you can’t catch it, you can’t catch what motivates it – that’s why it’s funny.

Laughter

Mercury

Whole

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Quotes by Mike Nichols

Mike Nichols

The only safe thing is to take a chance. Play safe and you are dead. Taking risks is the essence of good work, and the difference between safe and bold can only be defined by yourself since no one else knows for what you are hoping when you embark on anything.

The unconscious is our best collaborator.

There’s nothing in the American dream about character. It’s a serious flaw.

There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.

Yes. The whole point about laughter is it’s like mercury: you can’t catch it, you can’t catch what motivates it – that’s why it’s funny.

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