Charlie Siem Quotes
The only downside to playing the violin is that you never know when you're going to be asked to play. I could be out to dinner or having a drink at a bar, and someone could just give me a violin, and I've got to be ready to play.
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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I have been running since I was 7. I was trying to restructure the way my body was made instead of trying to master the way I ran. I would get so frustrated with my starts in practices that I would just cry. When I ran, I wouldn't even try to get out of the blocks, I would just run.
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In the country, it feels like you don't have control over nature anymore - nature is in control of you.
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I would argue that you're only going to get the conservatives, particularly a Republican House, to pass immigration reform if we, as conservatives, are reassured that the border is controlled and that we get to vote on whether the border is controlled.
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What humanity needs today is not merely philosophy or theology, but a message or reassurance.
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Life is tough; and if you have the ability to laugh at it, you have the ability to enjoy it.
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We need to make more original movies, and audiences would do well to support original movies for the future of the medium.
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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.
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In other words, I'd say the whole story of Bob Dylan is one man's search for God. The turns and the steps he takes to find God are his business. I think he went to a study group at the Vineyard, and it created a lot of excitement.
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Rand always says, 'Never pass up an opportunity to pass moral judgment.' Well I say: 'Look for an opportunity to do something more useful instead.' Nobody was led to virtue by being told he was a scoundrel.
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I loved New York-every inch of it. It was a little bit scary at that time, but still, the excitement was so strong-visually and intellectually. It was like a monster.
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I think the process of 'I Love It' becoming such a big song opened my eyes to sides of the industry that I'd never been aware of, which I wasn't so into.
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I'm in a generation where MAC is the reigning brand for a lot of women - black, white, and other.
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To put up a show is to face life's injustices with one of the few weapons available to a desperate and brave people, their imagination.
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People from different backgrounds approach a subject in different ways and ask different questions.
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A green-light meeting is when the decision is made finally whether or not to make a given picture.
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I love a couple of Fulci things. I just had a gas watching them. It's not what I would do, but I loved watching them. They were fun.
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It's only normal to me that women are going to add their strength and skills to the effort of pushing aviation forward.
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To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.
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I'm one of those who can't read the books after they've seen the movie.
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The only downside to playing the violin is that you never know when you're going to be asked to play. I could be out to dinner or having a drink at a bar, and someone could just give me a violin, and I've got to be ready to play.
