Fred Melamed Quotes
I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back.
Quotes to Explore
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.
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Every song is like a kid. How can you have that many kids and have a favorite? Which one do I like to hang most with?
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I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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You have to think that the answer - and the right answer - for you and your organization might not be something that's been done before. And it's up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully.
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As a child or young adult going through an illness, it can be stressful at times and boring and extremely alienating.
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I like to laugh and make people have fun.
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We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.
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I'm not good at accepting help.
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I've got a pen and I've got a phone - and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward.
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I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.
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Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.
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Make health care a right, not a privilege.
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I'm a home girl. I like to stay home.
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I'm happiest when I'm discussing a script and working with interesting people.
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A gun is a necessity. Who knows if you're walking down a street and you spot a moose?
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The fact that two-thirds of Americans who work at small businesses will see premium increases because of the health law is devastating news. This is one more in a long line of broken promises from President Obama and Washington Democrats.
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Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.
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If you waste five minutes of time a day, over the course of a year that adds up to one full work day. Think of five wasted minutes as a slow-release holiday drug. Savour it.
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I stand with President Trump in the fight to make sanctuary cities pay for the border wall.
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I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back.
