Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (Bertolt Brecht) Quotes
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Editing is the same as quarrelling with writers - same thing exactly.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
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Nothing is taken lightly in 'The Hunger Games.'
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Ironically, the original Detroit Stock Exchange once sat less than a thousand feet from StockX headquarters here in downtown Detroit. It is only fitting that we are going to build the next iteration of the world's most efficient market invention almost in the same spot.
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I never wanted to take autographs, always wanted to give them. To do this, you have to achieve something.
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I hate this place. I shall hate it to my grave.
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In 'Laurence Anyways,' Nathalie Baye is Laurence's mother, and she is quite an awful mother. Still, she is the only one in the end who truly accepts her daughter.
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This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.
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In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have to relate it to the audience. In other words we are continually changing the score.
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I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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As we try to compete in this global marketplace, we need to rebuild our infrastructure. We need to rebuild our schools. We need to make sure that teachers and first responders and veterans who are coming home from serving our country so proudly have jobs waiting for them.
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A writer is like a bean plant - he has his little day, and then gets stringy.
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I always have a lot of things going on because some things take years to make and others take five minutes. I like that there's always something going on. Working doesn't have such a momentous feel - like it's all or nothing.
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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
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I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives.
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I never thought I'd be an action star, but now they're going to make little Xena action figures for kids. I still want to be a fine actress one day; it's just a matter of putting in the time and passion.
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I think these days a lot of the younger generation feels that the world owes them something. But you've got to get off your backside and you've got to do all the crap stuff, too.
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What's so wonderful about football and business and show business is that every time I start thinking I'm special, I get knocked on my ass.
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Japan had the big earthquake in 2011, and the Olympics will be a good opportunity to bring strength to the people of the Tohoku region - and also to show everyone around the world that Japan is doing fine again. These are messages we have to convey through the power of sport.
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I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it.
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And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that.
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Mr. Wurlitzer, I am now in a position to receive your organ.
