George Stevens
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"Academy Award for Best Director"}}

*nominated in 1943 for The More the Merrier

*awarded in 1951 for A Place in the Sun (film)/A Place in the Sun

*nominated in 1954 for Shane (film)/Shane

*awarded in 1956 for Giant (1956 film)/Giant

*nominated in 1959 for The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)/The Diary of Anne Frank

"Legion of Merit"

star on the "Hollywood Walk of Fame"

"Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award"

"Academy Honorary Award/Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" (1954)

"National Board of Review Award for Best Director"

"New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director"

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"George Stevens" (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an United States/American film director, film producer/producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.

Among his most notable films are A Place in the Sun (film)/A Place in the Sun (1951; winner of six Academy Awards including Best Director), Shane (film)/Shane (1953; Oscar nominated), Giant (1956 film)/Giant (1956; Academy Award/Oscar for Best Director), and The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 film)/Diary of Anne Frank (1959; nominated for Academy Award for Best Director/Best Director).

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They played very aggressive and took it to us physically. They are a talented team with plenty of speed and that really showed tonight. They have a talented upper class that features the play of their 10 seniors.

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We felt that under the circumstances, it made perfect sense to honor his request, ... We are happy that he will be able to be honored next year.

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This is the kind of game we come to expect when we play Poland. Unfortunately for us we came out of the wrong end.

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For me it's absolutely necessary to start from the very beginning. I can't think of coming and contributing something anywhere along the line other than the very start.

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We played hard tonight and I was really pleased with our effort. While I was disappointed that our goal was taken away, it was the right call made by the officials.

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I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.

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When a poor man, hungry and unseeing because his eyesight is failing, grabs me and starts begging, I feel the Nazi in myself. I abhor this man, and I want him to keep his hands off me.

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When we passed the ball well, we kind of had Poland back on their heels a bit. We told our kids the game does not end at the half.

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I've always been of the opinion that a director should never touch a film without having a basic knowledge of its contents.

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