Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes
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The pop-star thing bores me because it's somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk like that, when they ask you this, don't say that, say this, hold that, drive this, stay here, live there - you're not even a human being. You're a puppet.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four.
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We're all basically made of the same stuff: generosity and selfishness, goodness and greed.
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I never took guitar lessons. I took classical piano lessons from the age of six when we lived in Holland. And when we moved to America, it was just the typical thing except I was really good at it; so was my brother.
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I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
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There's a whole system in Hollywood where the director never speaks to the studio, but I like to engage them in a discussion. I listen.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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Paris ain't much of a town.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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We need to get the corporate money out of the political system and return democracy to the people.
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I'll always find the things that make a role complicated!
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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I get angry real quick, but I also cool down just as fast. Albanians don't want to deal with anything in the moment.
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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.
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I was much involved in the development of the spark chamber as a practical research tool.
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This would be a distortion of their meaning, since the pictures are intimate and intense, and are the opposite of what is decorative; and have been painted in a scale of normal living rather than an institutional scale.
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Onions and bacon cooking up just makes your kitchen smell so good. In fact, one day I'm going to come up with a room deodorizer that smells like bacon and onions. It's a fabulous smell.
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I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward... I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.
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There are some roles that are a no-brainer. You just have a sure, instinctive 'Yes!'
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Many feel discouraged because they have not measured up to their potential.
