Bonnie Hunt Quotes
Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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I just find that there's something about looking back on interviews, whether for purposes of remembering what I said about something or if it's for posterity when I'm 75.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Wherever magistrates were appointed from among those who complied with the injunctions of the laws, Socrates considered the government to be an aristocracy.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Owing to the fact that leaders in the women's groups made a point of serving on the jury here whenever they were called, we have always had an unusually high type of women represented on the jury.
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Be skeptical of concepts that divorce war from its political nature, particularly those that promise fast, cheap victory through technology.
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I am a just man.
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The United Nations has become a place where many countries seek to achieve a lynching of the United States by resolution.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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One of the peculiar sins of the twentieth century which we've developed to a very high level is the sin of credulity. It has been said that when human beings stop believing in God they believe in nothing. The truth is much worse: they believe in anything.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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I let my personal feelings take care of themselves. I find that works better.
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In George W. Bush's case, the public paid far too little attention to the role of religion in his thinking. Many voters failed to appreciate that while Bush's religious beliefs may be moderate Methodist ones, he was someone who relied on his faith immoderately, as an alternative to rational understanding of complex issues.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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I will support legislation that benefits the American worker and prevents the outsourcing of American jobs.
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When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I just could not do it. But then I thought, 'Okay, it'll just be something that I work at until I get it.'
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Over the years, if you look at the films of people like Billy Wilder, Preston Sturges, Frank Capra, their supporting characters, even if it's a doorman with two lines, always seem three-dimensional. To me, that's a sign of good storytelling.
