Christopher Buckley Quotes
I try to refrain from the alarmist statement, really I do. It's bad for the liver and worries the dog, who has plenty enough to worry about as it is.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
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If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation.
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I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.
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Whenever I received too much praise, it just didn't feel right to me – ever.
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The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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My grandmother is this amazingly theatrical woman. She acted like a movie star, as far as looks and attitude, kind of like Susan Hayward.
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I have a friendship with Hezbollah, and I also have contacts outside of Lebanon, but it doesn't mean I follow anyone's agenda.
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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
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I'm doing a good job in Washington.
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All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit.
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China is a much richer country than any part of Europe.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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I'm a kid who grew up in an all African-American neighborhood and got into schools and aspired to just be me, and didn't worry about labels or anything. Just wanted to be a success at what I did.
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I try to refrain from the alarmist statement, really I do. It's bad for the liver and worries the dog, who has plenty enough to worry about as it is.
