David O. Selznick Quotes
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I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
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If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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The key to U.N. reform is giving Americans a clearer picture of what the U.N. is and what it isn't, what it can be and what it can't be.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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A lot of people have told me they have mothers like my mother. I seriously doubt it.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
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I've never walked away from any of my positions. I take pride in them.
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Genetically, I'm like my mum, and she looked great right up until her death in 1989.
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We all accept the visual shorthand used throughout comics: if something's farther away, it'll be drawn with a thinner, simpler line, eventually leaving out most visual information and becoming a gesture, a skeletal representation of a thing.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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Say yes to everything.
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The target audience goes back to conception. That means pre-natal care, safe delivery, post-natal screening, and the ordinary stuff you do in pediatrics.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
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Whatever feminists may say about their only advocating choices, everyone knows the truth: Feminism regards work outside the home as more elevating, honorable, and personally productive than full-time mothering and homemaking.
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One of my most memorable moments serving the community was after I built the Live Civil Playground in Haiti, and I visited an orphanage and gave away shoes to all the kids. I also sat with them and helped them design their shoes. The smiles on their faces were priceless.
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It's easy for me to get along with chess players. Even though we are all very different, we have chess in common.
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Just getting a degree is not enough, and you need to sell your ideas.
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'Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy.
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At this rate, I'll live forever.
