Burnie Burns Quotes
If we got $100 million dollars to make a movie, I don't know if we should be making a $100 million dollar movie our first time out.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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There's so many confusing messages that you're being sent about being pretty but not too pretty, smart but not too smart, ambitious but in a way that makes people comfortable. It's very hard to navigate.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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I think chemistry and great acting go hand-in-hand.
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I am Cuban, my parents are Cuban, and I was not adopted.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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Men are every bit as gendered as women.
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I still like my antique clothes.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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I am capable of much more. I guess every artist feels that way. If you are satisfied, you begin to stagnate. I want to grow as an actress every day. There are so many things you can learn, and you can improve upon your skills and abilities every day.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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Right away when I got to college, I realized that being a politician sucks. It's really hard! It wasn't for me. B.J. Novak is convinced that I will run for mayor of Chicago at some point. He begs me to do it. It'd be a tough gig, but I was always very attracted to the idea of helping people and trying to make the city a better place.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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We will have to learn to lead people rather then to contain them.
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Acting, to me, is being given the freedom and ability to play, and that's - that's what I love most about it. I feel very comfortable in playing, whether it be in front of a camera or on stage.
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I think when it comes to re-signing with an organisation, there's no real compromise if you're trying to move on.
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Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.
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Every soak-the-rich tax must become in time a soak-the-poor tax.
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If we got $100 million dollars to make a movie, I don't know if we should be making a $100 million dollar movie our first time out.
