Max Lerner Quotes
America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.
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I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.
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I had many, many mentors that I worked with. Music teachers, choir directors, directors in summer stock or in regional theater. You know, people I was able to work with repeatedly and learn from who were really sort of appropriate people for me to work with at a given time in my development as an actor.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
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I've always wanted to make Australian art interesting. To get a different audience watching art documentaries would be great.
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All the reasons that have made software so successful are beginning to happen with hardware. So much can be done so quickly, prototyped so rapidly, and the costs are so low.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Some people are embarrassed to say they came from East St. Louis, Ill., but now more people want to claim it. I grew up in a community center and I knew what it gave me. I always knew I wanted to give back and help people because people helped me.
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You never get quite down to the bottom of the barrel, but we are much higher than that at the present time. There is quite a lot left in the barrel that could be explained by them. If they have some weapons, if they have some anthrax, they should deliver that.
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Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to visit some friends. I was a little bit crazy, a little bit insane.
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I give two hoots about being typecast. It's not in my hands.
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Culture is the intersection of people and life itself. It's how we deal with life, love, death, birth, disappointment... all of that is expressed in culture.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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Most British cheeses are now vegetarian and are labelled accordingly. However, French and Italian manufacturers still tend to use rennet.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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When you hear a story, do you believe only the nice parts? Truth isn’t like a baked fish, where you can eat the flesh and leave the bones and skin. You have to eat it all.
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The thing is, one in three women in the Western world will end up having an abortion, but they never talk about it. When you keep silent about that stuff, it is because you are embarrassed by the societal distaste of the topic.
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As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude.
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It is the artists who make the true value of the world, though at times they may have to starve to do it. They are like earthworms, turning up the soil so things can grow, eating dirt so that the rest of us may eat green shoots.
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Islam teaches tolerance, not hatred; universal brotherhood, not enmity; peace, and not violence.
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America is a passionate idea or it is nothing. America is a human brotherhood or it is chaos.
