Nicholas Murray Butler Quotes
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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The writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I'm always looking for that sense of fun and adventure and even unlikeability. I don't want to be the obvious leading lady. I have the most fun playing these girls who are a little damaged and maybe a little insecure and trying to overcompensate for it.
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Ice-T in the music has done some outrageous things.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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Act because you love to act.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.
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I'm kind of a control freak. I like to be really prepared.
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'EIla Enchanted' began in a marvelous writing course at New York City's The New School.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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People think that if you've written a book and somebody's given you a pat on the back then, you know, it's all - you're all settled, you know? You're going to be fine. I know that if I'm not confused, and really afraid, my work isn't going to be any good.
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I don't want to be a Major League coach.
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The idea of having one ensemble do everything is what was on 'Sea Lion' and that's what I tried to make happen for 'Metals,' which is having five people in the room and all of us contributing equally to every arrangement and every song.
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When police or security personnel work in schools, they should follow the community policing model that integrates officers into school life, not just involve them when trouble arises.
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I had an addiction to sugar growing up - major, major, major.
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For small business men and women, less paperwork means higher profits, boosted sales and more time with the family.
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I came to writing because I joined the North Clare Writers' Workshop, which met every week at Ennistymon Library.
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I just think Radiohead are f-in' miserable bastards.
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Thank God for the gays. I don't know what would have happened but I know what did happen. Good for them and good for me.
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All I know is that I am constantly intrigued by something I'm doing.
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An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less.
