Kenneth Lonergan Quotes
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Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?
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We live in a fast-paced culture where we're asked to make snap decisions all day long, so I suppose cash-point donations feed into the immediacy of our life experience. So it's a great idea. But I think it needs careful handling.
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When we put an end to nuclear tests, we get closer to eliminating all nuclear weapons.
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A science is something which is constructed from truth on workable axioms. There are 55 axioms in scientology which are very demonstrably true, and on these can be constructed a great deal.
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I had a sketch called 'Fedora Basketball,' which was about basketball players having to wear hats; in addition to scoring points, they have to make sure their fedoras don't fall off.
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I don't know any member of Congress who ever said, 'I'm satisfied with the communication that we have from the White House.'
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Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will.
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I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of.
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A girl who is interesting and educated and can spark conversation - I find that extremely sexy.
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She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.
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We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
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I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
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I'm not the only one in the studio a lot of times, so I have my boys in there and they'll tell me and give me their suggestions and what they think.
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I do not want to be a robot, a cog in society who answers 'yes' because 'yes' is considered the appropriate answer. Neither do I want to be a protestor. I just want to seek out what lies underneath the veils of politeness and programming that I've been given as a person in this society.
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If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.
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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to mix with their children when young; for much mischief thence ensues, and our natural inclinations are unto evil rather than unto good.
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I am interested in classic building development, such as hotels and residential homes, rather than commercial properties.
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I'm interested in full disclosure for people who give money to politicians. But I'm not a politician. I'm an advocate.
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I hated most music in the 1970s, especially disco, but Bowie was edgier.
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Music controls moods and accents life's moments. It's necessary for every situation.
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I have seen salmon swimming upstream to spawn even with their eyes pecked out. Even as they are dying, as their flesh is falling away from their spines, I have seen salmon fighting to protect their nests. I have seen them push up creeks so small that they rammed themselves across the gravel. I have seen them swim upstream with huge chunks bitten out of their bodies by bears. Salmon are incredibly driven to spawn. They will not give up. This gives me hope.
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The real truth is that the Obama administration is professional at bullying, as we have witnessed with ACORN at work during the presidential campaign. It seems to me they are sending down their bullies to create fist fights among average American citizens who don't want a government-run health care plan forced upon them.
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What is government? From the outside it looks like a security system based on the marriage of land and people, From the inside, it looks like and attempts to create a community. A government is like an oyster, hard on the outside and soft on the inside, and the outside and inside are utterly dependent on each other.
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I love 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'
