Ellen Barkin Quotes
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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Most police officers are good cops and good people.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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I didn't have any writer friends in college. I was a computer science major, but I was writing a lot, probably more than anybody I knew. I started to submit novels to New York when I was a freshman in college.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys.
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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
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I drink maple syrup. Then I'm hyper so I just run around like crazy and work it all off.
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Brussels' stance against Poland is not just... they should give more respect to the Poles.
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The utter incompetence of the U.N. is literally incomprehensible.
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Small businesses all across this nation are tired of the uncertainty created by Washington.
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I don't want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of 'Idiocracy' and 'Borat,' without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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In America, you can't say to your family, 'Hey, I'm off to L.A. to make it as a songwriter; sorry I can't pay for the dentist.'
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And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
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In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.
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I'm a real animal lover. I adore animals of all shapes and sizes.
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There is not a great sense that the Americans know what they are doing, or are making much progress in Iraq. And there is satisfaction in seeing that the Iraqis are successful in resisting the United States.
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Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself. I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette, but if I do, then within that, I can be creative.
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I think there is room for improvement for all of the media, and that certainly, and especially, includes me.
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First, I was a glacial blonde doing music programmes. Then I was the film kind of sexy bird late at night. It was frustrating like I guess it's frustrating for everyone who is not fully employing their talents.
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I don't dislike my appearance at all.
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That's the great thing about being a director. You have your list of things you have to worry about and things you don't have to worry about. If you can hire someone or cast someone who equates to not having to worry about, it's great!
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Old is the new sexy.
