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'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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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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I was approached to do something for seven years, and it was a quality project. I did seriously think about it, but I didn't want to be away for six months of the year. I've never done the L.A. thing where you go and have loads of meetings; I can't say to my wife, 'I'm going to wait by a pool for six months.'
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I love being a mother. I loved being a daughter, a sister, a wife. I love being a woman with men. I love having given birth.
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Since everything is but an apparition, having nothing to do with good or bad, acceptance or rejection, one may well burst out in laughter.
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You have to go where the good writing is.
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I was called 'Dumbo,' like the elephant, as a child because I couldn't understand things at school.
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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.
