Pauline Kael Quotes
Before seeing Truffaut's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I generally try to avoid - I'm just not good enough to go to them. But this series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity - a poetic comedy that's really funny.
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Any manager can do well in an expanding market.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
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How will we defend ourselves if the Patriot Act expires? Well, perhaps we could just rely on the Constitution and demonstrate exactly how traditional judicial warrants can gather all the info we need - and how bulk collection really hasn't worked.
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We have the 2004 M1 here for reference, which is useful. It worked well here last year; we won the race and always did fast lap times so it will be interesting to compare it to the new bike and it will help us to understand which parts have improved.
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Design firms and progressive companies rely on many of the same tools: rapid prototyping, observational research, creative thinking, collaborative work environments, and multidisciplinary teams.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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Fallible characters are more interesting than superheroes in the end.
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I was not an easy kid.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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At the beginning when the child is coming, people worry the child may be deformed. When a healthy boy or child comes, people are very happy for a short moment.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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I don't know if I'm a method actor.
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The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.
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I can imagine that the Iraqis undertake the destruction out of fear. If they had denied it, if they had said no, that certainly would have played into the hands of those that would like to take armed action immediately. I have no illusions in that regard.
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There is no such thing as a pure introvert or extrovert. Such a person would be in the lunatic asylum.
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People who bowl vote. Bowlers are not the cultural elite.
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If you ever watch children play - what do you observe when you watch children play? You know, they're dead serious. They're not on vacation.
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The third year of MASH was when I realized I was a hit.
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A real love story has to finish bad. That is what I think.
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I spend 80% of my time in my restaurants. Taping my TV shows doesn't take much time, and then they get aired a lot. That's the thing people don't realize.
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Before seeing Truffaut's Small Change, I was afraid it was going to be one of those simple, natural films about childhood which I generally try to avoid - I'm just not good enough to go to them. But this series of sketches on the general theme of the resilience of children turns out to be that rarity - a poetic comedy that's really funny.
