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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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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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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People are people, and I get a bit annoyed that the music business only focuses in on the big metropolises. I find that people that don't live in big cities are just as likely to enjoy music as people that do live in big cities.
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I'm glad I'm Southern. I'm the Southerner who's very Southern in that she left to move to New York.
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The thing that's worked for me is having as much of a connection to the material as possible. And sometimes the material requires a more straightforward approach, and sometimes it requires a little more silliness, you know?
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My parents couldn't give me a whole lot of financial support, but they gave me good genes. My dad is a handsome son-of-a-gun, and my mom is beautiful. And I've definitely been the lucky recipient. So, thank you, Mom and Dad.
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Real slow hits from the bong...
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Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most.
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Our enemies are real. But so are the moral questions and long-term political implications of drone strikes.
