Charlie Sykes Quotes
Congress is a co-equal branch of government, with a long and rich history of standing up to the executive branch.
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Bill Mitchell said he really liked it. But when he asked the other four their opinions, we all took one look at ourselves in our raggedy long winter coats and cracked up. We knew we weren't likely to tempt anyone or anything, but what the hell, it was as good a name as any.
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Don't spend more than 10% of your marketing/PR budget on a trailer. Trailers have to be marketed, too. So, far too many authors wind up marketing their trailers instead of their books.
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The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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One of the first things I picked up when I was very, very young out of a record store was work from Peter Saville - the early things he used to do for Factory Records.
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What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily.
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I feel like I've grown up on screen quite a lot.
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Usually, the first thing I do when I wake up is I start working, so I often won't start the day by reading anything because I like to minimize my 'commute' as much as possible. I wake up, open my laptop and start working in bed.
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As long as there's land available, single-family homes will be built, and Colorado residents will always go for a single-family over a condo.
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I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.
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While growing up in Baltimore, Maryland, I dreamed of becoming many things: an archaeologist, an ambassador, an actor, an author.
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I feel growing up in Mumbai is an advantage, as we grow up speaking so many languages that when we go abroad, it becomes easier to learn new languages.
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My girlfriend tells me if I'm doing a movie I'm a roller coaster of emotions all the time, but on 'Boardwalk,' because I've done it for so long and I'm so in tune with the character, she says I'm pretty happy most of the time.
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Poetry is the elder sister of history, the mother of language, the ancestress of civilization.
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I kind of think that if you show conspiracy theorists a photo of the dead Bin Laden they will come up with an explanation for why it's really a Photoshopped picture of Bin Laden asleep. Or his dead cousin Fred. Donald Trump apparently believes that Bin Laden is dead, so that ought to be enough for the Middle East.
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We want everybody to be bossed up.
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America has always been a land of diversity, basically made up of immigrants, and that is something I want to see continued. It's something I'm proud of when people think of America.
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Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.
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I like when my face tingles, when the hair on the back of my neck stands up.
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I've written three books you could think of as memoirs.
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I am a scientist. I go where the facts take me.
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The most humiliating thing a woman can be is a coquette.
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If you put out quality music, you're always going to be in a good place.
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Congress is a co-equal branch of government, with a long and rich history of standing up to the executive branch.
