Judith Leiber Quotes
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I think writers have to be proactive: they've got to use new technology and social media. Yes, it's hard to get noticed by traditional publishers, but there's a great deal of opportunity out there if you've got the right story.
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There are complications in relationships between men and women. There always will be.
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.
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I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman.
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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.
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To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.
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I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
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If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.
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In Mexico, audiences want to see a big discussion around a film - what we expect from Hollywood films worldwide is more of an entertaining show. 'Y Tu Mama Tambien' was a road movie and comedy, but it had a very strong political connotation that sparked a discussion in Mexico that is still going on.
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An individual voice can be heard in a choir that otherwise sings in unison. This is something that is not excused.
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With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
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If someone busted into your house and robbed you, would you then forgive them if you found out they were a veteran? Of course not. So why are we forgiving McCain for selling out his country by supporting the Bush agenda?
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Moscow is a huge inspiration for me. I love what I find here, I love being here.
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Our children think our world will end. It's a tragic thing. Adults don't think that. They don't see that we are eating the planet. But we are. If you take all the biomass of vertebrates on the planet, 98% are men and their domestic animals. All the wild animals in the world make up only 2%.
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Dressing is a way of life.
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We certainly grew up and had opportunities. But it's not like our parents are aristocratic blue bloods.
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New York is my favorite city.
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As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list.
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The one true freedom in life is to come to terms with death, and as early as possible, for death is an event that embraces all our lives. And the only way to have a good death is to lead a good life. The more we do God's will, the less unfinished business we leave behind when we die.
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The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained to liberation from the self.
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Things are fragile, but we're all being carried and I think we're all on our path in that sense. As fragile as things are, we're still getting there.
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I have a good sense of humor. I think everything we do should have whimsy in it.
