Brett Ratner Quotes
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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The functions of the family in a highly differentiated society are not to be interpreted as functions directly on behalf of the society, but on behalf of personality.
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I've known the glory of the stage and the glory of the spotlight. I still crave it. I want to be on 'American Bandstand' and 'Soul Train' as a solo artist. As a producer, songwriter and arranger, I help other artists say what they want to say. But on my records, I say what I want to say.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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War is the ultimate tool of politics.
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What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.
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'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we abandoned it again.
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I think every woman in their life wants to give a good face smack.
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There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.
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Defending birthright citizenship is about being on the right side of liberty. The 14th Amendment is a great legacy of the Republican Party.
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I remember there was a little organ which I'd tap my fingers on all the time. My interest in the instrument was so obvious, one day I got home from school and there was a real piano in my bedroom.
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I'd always be loaning my sister money, knowing full well I wasn't going to get it back. But she had the kids, and that paid me back.
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When once-which every body must be-you are convinced of the wickedness and deceit of men, it is impossible to preserve untainted your own innocence of heart. Experience will prove the depravity of mankind, and the conviction of it only serves to create distrust, suspicion-caution-and sometimes causelessly.
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I learn from every movie I do because on every movie I have a different experience.
