Bruce Babbitt Quotes
What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get out of this town and I'm going to go out West.
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The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.
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I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
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The difference between men is in energy, in the strong will, in the settled purpose and in the invincible determination.
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Any terrorism is an attack on libertarian values.
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I bought an island in 1987. It's in one of the lakes in Canada. I went around it in my boat and went to the real estate office and bought it. It's the best $65,000 I've ever spent. My family camp on it and we have great times there.
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I can't recommend technical writing as a day job for fiction writers because it's going to be hard to write all day and then come home and write fiction.
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I don't question God.
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It's been an interesting progression, going from soap to a sitcom with 'How I Met Your Mother' and now being a series regular on 'Homeland.'
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I look on most religions as fear-based rather than love-based. I've drifted away from all that. Yes, I think I'm more spiritual. I just don't go and pretend every Saturday or Sunday that I'm in this wonderful club. I'm exploring.
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That's why modern corporate movie making has become so laborious that comedians are kind of kicked out by 50.
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We do like digital projection. We like shooting on film, finishing digitally, and projection digitally. That's what I like best. It's still a movie. It's not someone's camcorder and it got projected. That's mean, I know.
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Go where your customers take you! For example, did you know that Sony's first product was a rice cooker? Since abandoning the rice cooker, it has merely managed to become the world's biggest consumer electronics company.
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Giving back is the right thing to do, whether it's donating clothing or even just a smile to someone who needs it.
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War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not.
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All along I have known they are confident players, but they don't do it in a boastful way. Tommie is not intimidated by anybody. I have this vivid memory of how we were about to tip it off at North Carolina, and he looked like he had been there 25 times before. Kevin is the same way. How many big shots has he made in every setting?
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Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if I'm nervous before going on stage, but that's natural to many performers. If I think it's going to be a problem, I just reach for my inhaler.
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They say that dog is man's best friend, and I think it's true. My dog does a lot of the same stuff my best friend does, like drool on my couch, mooch my food and hump my wife.
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When I left school I was full of angst, like any teenager, and I channeled it all into comedy.
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What I finally did in 1995 was I said, I'm going to get out of this town and I'm going to go out West.
