Preston Sturges Quotes
It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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Politics is largely a matter of heart.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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I think being called a cat lady is a compliment. It means you have adopted a tiny little maniac into your life.
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'Whiplash' scared me. I feel you should only do projects that scare you to some degree. I get motivated by those sorts of feelings.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!
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In Singapore, there is this life and locals and restaurants and then big casinos and an array of chefs, and even Miami is almost close to Vegas when it comes to an amazing presentation of chefs. But they don't have these massive hotels that have become their own culinary villages.
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
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I'm the guy that gets up at three in the morning to jot down an entire sheet of lyrics for something that won't be recorded for six months. You have to get it down when you can, because thoughts are fluid.
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The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
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You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too.
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It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.
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It was actually the enormous risks I took with my pictures, skating right up to the edge of non-acceptance, that paid off so handsomely.
