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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I don't think about my fame very much.
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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've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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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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Because cheating is easier when we can justify our behavior, people often cheat in small amounts: We can come up with an excuse for stealing Post-It notes, but it is much more difficult to come up with an excuse for taking $10,000 from petty cash.
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I grew up watching those blaxploitation movies. Ron O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Jim Brown, Pam Grier. For the first time, I saw 'The Negro' get one over on 'The Man.'
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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What people don't understand is that it wasn't about Dean or Eddie, it was about whether or not I was in the right place.
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The bicycle had, and still has, a humane, almost classical moderation in the kind of pleasure it offers. It is the kind of machine that a Hellenistic Greek might have invented and ridden. It does no violence to our normal reactions: It does not pretend to free us from our normal environment.
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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.
