Charles Ruff Quotes
Yes, we didn't do this -- we didn't produce these videotapes on time. My letter to Sen. Thompson made clear we should have found them. But the one thing that is absolutely clear is that the only pattern here is not one of incompetence -- and we don't make an incompetence defense -- the pattern here is one of an ongoing intensive day-to-day effort to try to meet the committee's needs and that is the only pattern a fair reader can see.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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My stepfather was quite into opera, but he'd play it when he was in a bad mood, so you'd hear this boom through the floor, Wagner, and you'd feel nervous.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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It is absolutely unacceptable to think that in the last year of the president's term, that he should stop doing his job, and he won't.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.
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My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true – to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.
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I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery.
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Mulberry Street was the beating heart of the Italian-American experience, but you don't find those gangsters now. I live with a bunch of yuppies and models.
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The easiest bit is when you're talking. It's listening that is so difficult. If you get out any Spencer Tracy film, you think, 'Wow, he's doing nothing, yet he's doing everything.'
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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The fact that I've achieved this so soon is just a bonus, I guess. Everything from now on is a bonus for me.
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If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make magic happen. It's a huge combination of trying to find something you think you can deliver on and a director you think you can collaborate with to make a good picture.
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Stop talking about the problem and start thinking about the solution.
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Yes, we didn't do this -- we didn't produce these videotapes on time. My letter to Sen. Thompson made clear we should have found them. But the one thing that is absolutely clear is that the only pattern here is not one of incompetence -- and we don't make an incompetence defense -- the pattern here is one of an ongoing intensive day-to-day effort to try to meet the committee's needs and that is the only pattern a fair reader can see.
