Bill Vaughan Quotes
A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.
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And although I've been very fortunate in the film work that's come my way, I need to get back to the stage. If I'm away for a maximum of two years, I feel something's wrong.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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I have a physical background. It's not like I'm a kung fu master, but my real training was dance school, and through that, I move to this thing called Capruera that I used in 'Ocean's 12.' I can pretend that I can do a lot of things, but then, I don't really master anything.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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The voters of Colorado deserve honest, straight-talking elected officials.
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To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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I hate to repeat lines, to say the same damned thing. I try to rewrite cliches and make what I say sound fresh.
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Imam Rauf and his backers have every legal right to build their extravagant Islamic center within the lethal radius of Ground Zero. But the rest of us have the right to question why they insist on doing so.
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and to execute an individual.
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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
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Today, our economy is divided: fifty percent is the public economy and fifty percent is the private economy that includes small companies employing from 4 to 200 workers.
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My deal is you start as far to the right as you can get, and go to the conference committee with the Senate, and hopefully end up with something you can live with.
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I think good art happens on that edge between comfortable and in a lot of pain, you know what I mean?
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I believe Facebook is going all the way. They're going to reach a billion members and will be the biggest company in the world. It will be a platform everyone goes on the Internet through.
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A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.
