E. Joseph Cossman Quotes
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
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I do love being on television and in peoples' homes. I'm not an actor, so there is a connection that's real.
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I'm doing my best to mindfully raise my son to feel safe and encouraged to express himself.
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The good news is when you open up in Vegas, you have a lot of friends, because they all come over to see your opening night.
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You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.
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Maybe it's a little depressing to think that my vision of a perfect world is actually so messed up, but I think it means that I don't really understand what 'perfect' is.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I worked with young directors all my life, only young directors.
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I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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From 'Midnight Cowboy' to 'Taxi Driver' is a brief era whose grit, beauty, and violence has been quite mythologized.
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I have about 4 million Lego bricks. And then a few million in storage in case something comes up. I still pay for them. I buy my bricks just like everyone else. It's by far my biggest capital expense.
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I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that.
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It was always sort of my dream to make handbags and I wanted a handbag that was very sharp, very structured, very tailored... I wanted a bag you could put all of your things in it, you can open it, you could close it, you could hid all your tricks, but it's not all lumpy.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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It is never safe to look into the future with eyes of fear.
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But, I nearly forgot, you must close your eyes otherwise you won't see anything.
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It is not our job to apply laws that have not yet been written.
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I discourage a cult of personality.
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Much of my work strikes me as pretty unified: as a lawyer, working in several areas, I have thought about how to promote freedom of speech broadly for everyone.
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Obstacles are things a person sees when he takes his eyes off his goal.
