John Lothrop Motley Quotes
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I drink Diet Coke from the minute I get up to the minute I go to bed.
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When people are like, 'What do you think of this vampire craze?' - well, I don't really feel like it ever ended, personally, 'cause I've always been into them, like 'Underworld.'
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.
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To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.
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I've always romanticized the late '40s and '50s - the cars, jazz, the open roads and lack of pollution. Now there are more vehicles, less hitchhikers, more billboards and power lines and stuff. People wrote wonderful long letters that took months to receive, and now everything is email.
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No matter where I am in the world, I will always be back home for Christmas.
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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Take seriously the traditions, the Christian roots, and all the values that are the basis of the civilisation of Europe.
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The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
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It's not my job to get really personal in how I express myself. I've met fans, and they've been lovely. But letting my personal life out there, I don't think is a good idea for me. I think the more you do that, the more you can be accused of encouraging that kind of attention.
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I happen to be half West Indian, but I don't know that side of my family.
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I believe that if your film is good, and if you are good, you will do well.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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I find 'Edward Scissorhands' a very inspiring movie - it's one of the first movies about bullying, in a way - about being treated unkindly for being different.
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I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.
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It's not what you achieve in life, but who you become as a person due to those achievements.
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A good lawyer is a bad Christian.
