Bernard Pivot Quotes
I agreed on condition that we found a completely new concept that had nothing to do with the latest books.
Quotes to Explore
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To model yourself after Steve Jobs is like, 'I'd like to paint like Picasso, what should I do? Should I use more red?'
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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I'm a big believer in keeping the stage directions really tight.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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I came to the industry with wide eyes and an open heart thinking I was going to make a few films that really meant something that I could pour myself into.
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I was a big fan of Jim Hall as well. I liked his comping style, his accompanying. And that he played, generally, four note chords, the top four strings of the guitar.
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I think most people's careers in theater are based on delusion. It's just that mine started early.
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I own nothing; I just stay with friends all over the country.
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What happens when you take a lion out of the safari and try to take him to your place of residence and make him a house pet? It ain't going to happen. That's the type of person that I am. I'm that lion.
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I think the play actually became bigger than me. No pun intended.
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The great majority of Americans do not know much about Islam but nonetheless fear it as violent, expansionist and alien to their society. The problem to overcome is not hatred, but ignorance.
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Since no one but you can know what's best for you, government control can't make your life better.
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Biology will relate every human gene to the genes of other animals and bacteria, to this great chain of being.
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I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
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I'm very affected by what I watch and read.
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You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles in uncomfortable parts of your body and grow as an artist.
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Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people.
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Where do thoroughbreds go after they lose one too many races, throw one too many riders, or develop a limp? Many thousands of thoroughbreds end up being slaughtered for horse meat. The unpleasant truth is horse meat is eaten in Europe and Asia.
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I was able to excite and engage people who previously hadn't been involved in politics, and part of the reason that I was able to be re-elected and stay relatively popular in the United States was because even when the economy was bad or we had problems, people sensed that I listened to them and I was on their side.
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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
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Unless he really starts feeling good, in all likelihood I wouldn't think he'd go this week.
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I agreed on condition that we found a completely new concept that had nothing to do with the latest books.
