Maureen Forrester Quotes
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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Good design should be honest.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
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I love Cameron Diaz, and I love Drew Barrymore.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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Before 9/11, I was playing a wide range of characters. I would play a lover, a cop, a father. As long as I could create the illusion of the character, the part was given to me. But after 9/11, something changed. We became the villains, the bad guys. I don't mind to play the bad guy as long as the bad guy has a base.
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Most organisms have loads of junk DNA - less pejoratively, noncoding DNA - cluttering their cells.
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
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Mass layoffs produce big winners and losers. Most workers who remain are financially unscathed, even though their employer is struggling.
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The United States has grown into a remarkable nation specifically because of our independent spirit and free market.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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I'm going to be acting all my life. But, while doing that, I will try to avoid the trappings of fame.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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Some children are tackling tough times without the support that can help them because the adults in their life are scared to ask.
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When I graduated from high school, the teacher said I was throwing my life away following music, and the same teacher invited me back to speak at the school. I don't say that to brag, I just want to be an example.
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Another turn in my life happened when I took on the Canada Council.
