Christine Quinn Quotes
I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
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It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.
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I try to be this kind of player: the type who does something whenever he gets the ball. Sometimes in the past, I've gone through games where I've not touched the ball for 20 or 30 minutes.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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For me, the cool thing is doing things that could only be done in gaming.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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If a man can't manage his own life, he can't manage a business.
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My parents separated it, and that let me know that TV life wasn't my normal life; that was my job and my hobby.
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If we had to pose for every single person at the Eat & Greets, we wouldn't get to speak to anyone that's there, and we definitely wouldn't get to serve them food.
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I actually lost both my legs. I can walk because I got really good health care.
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Common man, no matter how hard life is to him, at least has the fortune of not thinking it.
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It's not easy to talk about transcendence, just as it's not easy to play or listen to a late Beethoven quartet … You have to practice quite hard, like you do with any art form. Religion is hard work.
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To him who has nothing it is forbidden not to relish filth.
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A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and are as complex and interesting and variable as any other group of people. We don't often capture that or write about it.
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I personally don't have anything to say to Mike Pence. I'm very lucky because legislation that he's pushed hasn't affected my life at all. I spoke out because there are people out there whose lives have been affected by change that he's tried to make.
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I'm a special drunkard... I drink too much.
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I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms.
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I once loved this game. But after being traded four times, I realized that it's nothing but a business. I treat my horses better than the owners treat us. It's a shame they've destroyed my love for the game.
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I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
