Gary Weiss Quotes
George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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I don't really shop any more. I only do it when I have to. I think it is very overrated.
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We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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My job as the actress playing Hanna Schmitz, as the actress playing any part, is to understand the character, and to ultimately love the character. And I did love Hanna, absolutely, because I understood her as profoundly as I did at the end of the day.
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Fashion anticipates.
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What I always say to people is dress from the feet up. If you don't normally wear colour, try some colour on your feet; it's the place, I think you can have fun and update your outfit.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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With movies, you can do a lot more roles a lot faster. My favorite thing about acting is taking on new characters. It's fun switching it up at times. No matter what, I feel so honored and blessed to be 16 and already living my dream. It's really special.
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I feel closer to the artist I was when I was 19 now then I have done in other stages of my career.
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As a filmmaker, I'm interminably curious and nosy, but certain times you meet people and think, 'I don't want to push you too hard because I can see this is painful for you.'
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Fischer, the great American chess champion, famously said, 'Chess is life.' I would say, 'Pi is life.'
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My father is a genuinely nice guy and very generous to anybody and everybody. He likes to live life kingsize, and he doesn't know any other way, and I love that about him.
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I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life.
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George Soros is one of the few characters from the world of finance who deserves to be called larger-than-life.
