Bruce Beresford Quotes
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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The right to bear arms is because it's the last form of defense against tyranny.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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A lot of people think that because I'm from Malaysia, I'm driven by Malaysian sound, but actually, it's mostly just my melodies.
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American democracy in the past has always been known for its large middle class and its relatively few very wealthy people and very few very poor people, but that is gone to today and the middle class is shrinking.
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If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.
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To tell you the truth, I was turning into a little spoiled brat after 'Rocky V.'
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My instinct is to write under the cloak of an opaque historical setting.
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If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.
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Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.
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I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?
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After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.
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My dad, Paul, is, like, my best friend.
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We always did everything ourselves.
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Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.
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I'm a healthy weight for my height, and I like how I look on most days.
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I'm a jazz performer - I have to improvise with what I'm given.
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Lending has come back in retail; it has come back in working capital. It has also come back in other forms, like government contract being given out to companies.
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You can always tell you're in deep trouble when people start thinking money's real.
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I don't want people thinking they know me instead of the character. Steve McQueen has loads of stories about him - who knows what's true? But it's great for people to fictionalize rather than know the truth.
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I have never felt any ethnic connection between the Greeks and me other than how hairy I am.
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For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
