Michael Bergin Quotes
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Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.
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These days we're all hyper-aware of the canonical way in which stories are supposed to play out - people are taught all about three-act scripting and where to put the reversal and all of that - and I think we can do more interesting narratives.
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Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.
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You basically only discover a new thing once.
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Directing is the ultimate way to bring together all the art forms I've been involved with over the years.
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I love living in the country, so much so that I'm even surprised by it. I have met lots of interesting people - the community was really welcoming, and I now probably have a more interesting social life than I did in the city.
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I am keen to maintain very good relations and develop the relationship with the United States.
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I did record a bunch of stuff, but the thing that usually stops me from doing that is that I'm a terrible singer. I made a bunch of instrumental music, and it feels really good, but just as a singer, I'm not good.
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So you can't judge the character you're playing ever.
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I'd always want to decorate my bedroom. I needed visuals and to be stimulated by things. I'm still like that. It's the way I see the world.
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We each have the kind of children we deserve.
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I once went out with this wild girl. She made French toast and got her tongue caught in the toaster.
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Aren't all these notes the senseless writings of a man who won't accept the fact that there is nothing we can do with suffering except to suffer it?
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Not joy is the mother of dissipation, but joylessness.
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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All advertising, whether it lies in the field of business or of politics, will carry success by continuity and regular uniformity of application.
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To prolong doubt was to prolong hope.
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An important document of the paper of record at a crucial, make-or-break juncture in its long, glorious history, and a love letter to the dying art form that is the great American newspaper.
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I don't think school reform should be motivated by missionary zeal. I think it should be motivated by evidence of what works.
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In Israel, the role of the writer is dictated by the language in which you write. Writers see themselves as cultural prophets.
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Children exist in the world as well as in the family. From the moment they are born, they depend on a host of other “grownups” — grandparents, neighbors, teachers, ministers, employers, political leaders, and untold others who touch their lives directly and indirectly.
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We're all pretty ordinary on paper.
