Chris Matthews Quotes
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I'm interested not just in projects that I'll be starring in, but producing film and TV that's really quality and great for adults; and when I say 'great for adults,' it doesn't mean without humor, because I'm also interested in doing comedy.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I don't want or need to gain respect with what I do off the court. I want respect for what I do on the court.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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Under Hitler it was the entrepreneurial and professional classes who were the first victims of Nazi boycotts and exclusion. Today it is Israel, the most powerful symbol of Jewish national resurgence in two millennia.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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My personal philosophy is that people should be extremely selfish for the first half of their life and extremely unselfish for the second half because then they can do the most good.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always knew I was loved, valued, and listened to.
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All the time he's boxing, he's thinking. All the time he was thinking, I was hitting him.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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I always have to make it as clear as I possibly can that fame is 99.9 percent good.
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So I have to create the whole thing afresh for myself each time. Probably all writers now are in the same boat. It is the penalty we pay for breaking with tradition, and the solitude makes the writing more exciting though the being read less so. One ought to sink to the bottom of the sea, probably, and live alone with ones words.
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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
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Everyone I know who is having success in film right now is there because of persistence.
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The more failure you can accept, the greater your chance of success.
