Frederick Wiseman Quotes
Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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It was always my dream to be part of MTV and make history.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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I don't want to be a Major League coach.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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I am thankful to the Nobel committee for recognising the plight of millions of children who are suffering in this modern age.
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Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone in your own house. If they came in and caught you at it, you could be put into prison. This has changed - I'm talking about England, incidentally.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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AHA!" interrupted Officer Shrift, making another note in his little book. "Just as I thought: boys are the cause of everything.
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The world resembles a stage on which every man is playing a part.
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Be a member of the human race. Love somebody. Change the world.
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I'd say if you live in the United States of America and you vote for George Bush, you've lost your mind.
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Anybody whose mind is functioning at all can't be content with the way the world works.
