Jacob Weisberg Quotes
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Traditionally, open-minded secular liberal rationalists have not made a case for tolerance.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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I always wanted to act. I guess I've always been a bit of a drama queen.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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I was always active as a kid. I was a professional figure skater for many years and I was a dancer, so it's just been part of my life, and I think that creates a certain body type.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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We don't normally think of it as such, but writing is a technology.
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Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
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I've never had a job. I've never needed to.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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I think that there's a tendency for actors who play strong women to have them take on all the worst characteristics of men, to become cold and detached and hardened.
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The way management treats associates is exactly how the associates will treat the customers.
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I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.
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I would be writing an essay that was due in the next day until about 1 A.M., and then I would be up at 6 A.M. and on a train to Birmingham to record 'The Archers'. It was pretty intense.
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There were over 40,000 pages of FBI documents of which only about half are currently available to scholars and researchers. I think that this 40th anniversary of the assassination is a good opportunity for us to say that now is the time to declassify all FBI material on Malcolm X. There really is a need for us to challenge the US government for its refusal to open up its own archives 40 years after the death of Malcolm.
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Everyone should just be exactly who they are.
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I can't imagine a duller fate than being the best-dressed woman in reality. When I want to do something, I don't pause to contemplate whether I'm exquisitely gowned. I want to live, not pose!
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Listen to great storytellers; slowly, you will learn about voice, timing, tension, structure, climax - all the things you need to tell stories that will capture the imagination of your audience.
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The tone of good web writing grows out of email. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. It doesn't waste your time. It reflects that engagement, responsiveness, and haste of web surfers, as opposed to the more general passivity of print readers.
