Valerie Plame Quotes
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I read as much poetry as time allows and circumstance dictates: No heartache can pass without a little Dorothy Parker, no thunderstorm without W. H. Auden, no sleepless night without W. B. Yeats.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I've directed independent film.
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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We can build the fence. We can triple the border patrol. We can end sanctuary cities by cutting off funding to them. We can end welfare for those here illegally.
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It's true; once you are a father, there's no turning back. Your heart strings as well as your purse strings are never again the same.
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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and there's a certain feeling when you're sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and it's just pure escapism and they're happy.
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There were many films made for both cinema and television, and in general I don't connect them very much with our books. I have one favorite: 'The Man on the Roof' by director Bo Widerberg, which was based on 'The Abominable Man.'
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I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.
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I love anything to do with history.
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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My father had no influence on my political beliefs, and to imply otherwise is wrong and irresponsible.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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I mean rappin' to me is easy, it's something you can do over a week.
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Every company has two organizational structures: The formal one is written on the charts; the other is the everyday relationship of the men and women in the organization.
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What you learn is that you can't please everyone all the time.
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The first step toward making the worker achieving is to make work productive.
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I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety.
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Men in their late 50s often make very bad decisions.
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Antonio Gramsci said that social reformers should have pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will. This means that one must have the intellectual ability to see how bad things are and the emotional ability to look forward with hope. It's a hard combination to sustain, but if you can do it, you can change the world.
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Leaks are always bad news.
