Frederick Wiseman Quotes
I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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Up until 1995, I still had a day job that I hated. I was still personally involved in things in the 90s.
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One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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Some people seem to sort of have a gut for hiring. I literally had a gut that was exactly the opposite. So whenever I thought someone would be great, it was sort of the opposite.
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I am a bit prudish, I think. It's hard for me to write about sex, and I don't really care to read about it, either.
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I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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The great object is that every man be armed.
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I think something that's very relevant in real life and that they don't portray enough on TV is that when you think 'Christian,' you think 'goody two shoes' - they have to look a certain way and do certain things - and it's just not true.
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I don't like plots. I don't know what a plot means. I can't stand the idea of anything that starts in the beginning - you know, 'beginning, middle and end.'
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If I can't do high kicks or dance in it, then I won't wear it.
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I suppose that Heartland, Unknown Soldier and Pride and Joy represent not a quieter side but more of a serious side to my work, something I've been getting into recently.
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People say, 'He doesn't want to be a spokesperson for the gay community.' I do, of course I do, but I want to be a spokesperson for everyone. Ya know, straight people, gay people, bisexual. I don't want it to be limited.
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I am endlessly inspired by both the tenderness that can exist between two people and the excitement of falling in love. I'm very fortunate that I've been able to explore that in novels, a television show, some early development film projects, and essays about my own life.
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My approach every game is to try to keep the ball down and get ground ball outs.
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It isn't very pretty to have been made a fool of by one's own feelings,' he said. 'To take childish promises and build a--a castle out of them…
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When Elvis sang, it almost sounded like he was whispering. But after you heard the record, his voice was the strongest thing you ever heard. He was incredible.
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I believe the friendship of the Games still exists. There is a tremendous camaraderie and atmosphere at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games - where else could you go and sit down and have breakfast with a Russian weightlifter, an East German sprinter, and an Indian fencer and talk about different cultures and problems?
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We wrote verses that condemned us, with no hope of pardon, to the most bitter solitude.
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I think as citizens, we need to really move forward and we need to take some of the responsibility for it, whether it is simply being more vigilant or by preparing yourself for action if ever you do find yourself in that situation.
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I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself.
