Paul Krugman Quotes
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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For his own vindictive purposes, Jeffrey Sterling carelessly disclosed extremely valuable, highly classified information that he had taken an oath to keep secret.
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When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.
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Over the next few years the boardrooms of America are going to light up with hot flashes.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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Members of great teams confront each other when they see something that isn't serving the team.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself. I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette, but if I do, then within that, I can be creative.
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Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
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If I do something, it's always 90% obvious and 10% unknown.
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I'm a complete romantic - it's why I always get married. Someone should really stop me.
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The X Games have done night and day for snowboarding and action sports.
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Theater to me is acting but it's more real on film.
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I just wrapped a new show for Amazon called 'Transparent.'
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Just watching TV as a kid, for a long time I thought, as a young kid, obviously when I was, like, 4 or 5, I thought that people lived in the television.
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As a journalist, I've always treaded carefully about being Jewish and caring a lot about Israel and having that not become too big of an issue that could affect my journalism. But I also don't think it's essential to my Judaism, as I think it might be for some other people.
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Anthony Mackie in 'The Hurt Locker' is everything an actor can hope to be. So rock steady in his portrayal that you immediately forget every performance he may have previously given, and focus only on the character in front of you.
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When we were engaged in the problems of survival we had no time to have anything to do with culture.
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I'm a designer, producer and I am hands-on for every project I undertake. The creative side of what I do is really something I think people overlooked for a while.
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The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking.
