Bruce Bennett Quotes
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We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four.
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When you are in trouble, people who call to sympathize are really looking for the particulars.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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The claim made by Team Obama that every dollar in stimulus translates into a dollar-and-a-half in growth is economic fiction. The costs of stimulus reduce future growth. No country has ever spent itself to prosperity. The price of stimulus has to be paid sometime.
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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I put Tabasco sauce over everything. Or I put it on pretty much anything that wouldn't taste gross - I mean, I wouldn't put it on salad, but I like it on fried chicken, nachos... a lot of stuff.
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Who cares about the clouds when we're together? Just sing a song and bring the sunny weather.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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Life is not easy in politics.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.
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I'll always find the things that make a role complicated!
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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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A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don't understand why it's the government's responsibility.
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Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.
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But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today.
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I went out of my way to try not to be an artist, because I thought I would end up leading a miserable, obscure life. I tried to escape it for as long as I could, until I had to admit at 25 that that was my path.
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Directors are never in short supply of girlfriends.
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As I write, I control my anxiety and anguish thanks to the invaluable aid of irony and humor. But every night I am subdued by an anxiety that knows no irony, and I must wait until the next day to rediscover the blend of anguish and humor that characterizes my writing and that generates my style.
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There was only a single sharpshooter up in the trees to keep the croc away from me.
