Bruce Feirstein Quotes
Our enemies are real. But so are the moral questions and long-term political implications of drone strikes.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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I've never fabricated or plagiarized anything.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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I think tattoos are horrible. It's like living in a Pucci dress full-time.
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I'm not a Facebook/Twitter gal, but my husband is.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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Success is the sweetest revenge.
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Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world.
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If you take a frozen box and stick it in the microwave, you become connected to the factory. We've forgotten who we are.
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And yet it moves.
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We rarely think to mark the trail for others to follow. 'Live and learn,' we say, acknowledging the value of experience. We usually forget about 'Live and teach.'
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We regard wealth as something to be properly used, rather than as something to boast about. As for poverty, no one need be ashamed to admit it: the real shame is in not taking practical measures to escape from it.
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A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
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For each movie that I do, I like to find a specific language to tell the specific story.
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Our enemies are real. But so are the moral questions and long-term political implications of drone strikes.
