Leaving the theatre after the performance, I had a flash of intuition that life, after all ( as Rilke said ), is just a search for the nonexistent cup of hot coffee, and that this unpretentious, moving, clever, bitter slice of life was the greatest thing to happen to the American theatre since Brooks Atkinson retired.

In an interview, Brooks mentioned a conversation he'd had with Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader, in which Schrader said that Brooks's character was the only one in the movie that he could not " understand " – a remark that Brooks found amusing, as the movie's antihero was a psychotic loner.

Garth Brooks presented the award and said " Don McLean: his work, like the man himself, is very deep and very compassionate.

New York Times critic Brooks Atkinson said of the play, " a peach ... a roaring Western melodrama ... Humphrey Bogart does the best work of his career as an actor.

She said that one of the things she did to prepare was to study photographs of classic actresses Louise Glaum and Louise Brooks and the dark-haired ladies of that time.

A woman got onto the elevator, recognized him and said, ' I have to tell you, Mr. Brooks, that your movie is vulgar.

In the New York Post, Richard Watts called her " a brilliant actress ," and Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times said " she gives an indomitable performance, both as actress and singer ".

However, Bow, like Charlie Chaplin, Louise Brooks and most other silent film-stars didn't embrace the novelty: " I hate talkies ", she said, " they're stiff and limiting.

Baker said he was going to drive up to Graffin's, Brooks and I are going to do some demos with Brett, so we have a pretty good jump.

Former Shreveport Mayor James C. Gardner of Shreveport, who at the time lived only two blocks from Brooks, said in his memoirs that he believes Brooks ' death was " largely a result of the strain that he experienced from the Rules Committee vote.

Conservative commentator David Brooks has said that, in his opinion, Perle's influence in the Bush administration is exaggerated.

At a briefing in Doha, Qatar, Brigadier General Vincent K. Brooks said of the Al Jazeera attack, " This coalition does not target journalists.

Troops often play cards to pass the time, and seeing the names, faces and titles of the wanted Iraqis during their games will help soldiers and Marines in case they run into the wanted individuals in the field, Brooks said.

Brooks said: " It's an insane combination of James Bond and Mel Brooks comedy.

" Do what they did except just stretch it half an inch ," Mel Brooks said of the methods of this TV series.

Brooks said that he concluded that since Sumner was no gentlemen, it would be more appropriate to beat him with his cane.

* This was Brooks's first starring role in a film ; referring to himself as actor-director, Brooks said, " I'm not going to tell myself how much I like me or I'll ask for more money.

Some claim that the question itself is unimportant: the famous neat John McCarthy has said publicly he has no interest in how human intelligence works, while famous scruffy Rodney Brooks is openly obsessed with creating humanoid intelligence.

Describing the length of production, Brooks said: " It's amazing how much more perverse you are as a writer than as a director.

In response, Brooks said " I am furious with Matt, he's been going to everybody who wears a suit at Fox and complaining about this.

" Dr. Benjamin Brooks of Carolinas Medical Center said Basnight had progressive bulbar palsy and that, while someone could die from the condition, it was also possible to live a long time.

Brooks Adams preferred the chronicles of Froissart or the style and theorizing of Edward Gibbon, for at least they took a stand on the issues about which they wrote.

Brooks ' style was generally slapstick and zany in nature, often parodying film styles and genres, including Universal horror films ( Young Frankenstein ), westerns ( Blazing Saddles ) and Hitchcock films ( High Anxiety ).

Brooks fails to accurately assess French hip hop's larger scope, and discounts its potential for " rappers of amazing skill, style, and wit.

Among actresses closely identified with the style were Olive Borden, Olive Thomas, Dorothy Mackaill, Alice White, Bebe Daniels, Billie Dove, Helen Kane, Joan Crawford, Leatrice Joy, Norma Shearer, Laura La Plante, Norma Talmadge, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, and Colleen Moore.

Brooks recorded primarily in a honky-tonk style, although he frequently combined elements of soft rock and arena rock in his songs.

Andrus ' script " needed you to suspend disbelief " but Brooks realised " my style when directing is that I really don't know how to get people to suspend disbelief.

" Brooks directing style " drove cast bats ", especially Téa Leoni, with Cloris Leachman ( who replaced an ill Anne Bancroft a month into filming ) describing it as " free-falling.

Brooks wrote the book's foreword and has stated how he was always fond of her cooking style.

Brooks Brothers still produces this style of button-down " polo shirt ".

As he desired to exude a certain " WASPishness " in his clothes, initially adopting the style of clothiers like Brooks Brothers, J.

They often cited their Louise Brooks style bangs, which she loathed and had chopped off as soon as she left her acting career.

The Dallas Brooks Hall, one of Australia's finest examples of the " stripped classical " style, was completed in 1969 and has served as a major events venue for many years.

The Brooks Building in Chicago was built in 1909 – 1910 in the Chicago School architectural style.

Gluck, an English artist whom Brooks painted around 1923, was noted in the contemporary press as much for her style of dress as for her art.

William Wimsatt and Cleanth Brooks consider that the Ramist reform at least created a tension between the ornamented and the plain style ( of preachers and scientific scholars ), into the seventeenth century, and contributed to the emergence of the latter.

He began his career in the Chaotic Wrestling promotion, but was called on by the Inoki Dojo after they had seen a shoot style match between Wicks and John Brooks.

* 13 March 2000-Millewa State Forest Murders-Barbara and Stephen Brooks and Stacie Willoughby were found dead, all three having been shot execution style and left in the forest.

However, his career in New York was ended by a feud with Brooks ' successor Ted Sator who introduced a traditional North American dump-and-chase style of play.

Stasheff's writing is often seen in the moral and ethical mentor style similar to Terry Goodkind, Terry Brooks or J. R. R.

The rapid-fire, Mel Brooks style of comedy was out of place on network television of the era, so despite critical acclaim, the series failed to find an audience and was canceled after 13 episodes.

Brooks ' style, sometimes described as " voodoo blues ", includes elements of Chicago blues, Louisiana blues, swamp pop and rhythm and blues.