John Catsimatidis Quotes
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I think why I was attracted to making something with Vice is that level of intimacy that you get as the viewer, getting to see some of that production element where we don't exactly know what we're doing, where we're going, or even if it's a good idea.
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I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.
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Right now, I'm not really thinking about marriage.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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We are in favor of greater free markets.
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I think back to the 1990s, when I joined the Army, and all those peacetime years that we had, thinking, 'Will we ever go into combat?'
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I was very skinny, braces; so I never thought I would be a model.
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I don't feel closeted.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I am not a hound; I am an attention-seeker. Very different animal. My kind of attention requires greater finesse.
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Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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For me, with music, there is no half-stepping. This is my calling.
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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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I'm not a god - I do bad things.
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[On journalists:] ... however lyingly libellous they may be: nobody can seriously hurt the reputation of a Great person. If he is hurt: he is not Great. They can but scratch at his skin with their mice nails.
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CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.
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It's hard not to be the straight man when Zach Galifianakis is there. He's such a delightfully bizarre creature. Everything he does is so surprising. He's such a live wire. It's just so exciting to watch.
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Anytime you cut food stamps, it naturally affects sales. People spend less.
