Paul Newman (Paul Leonard Newman) Quotes
Hollywood is a changing world these days. This is one of the things that ought to be changed.
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Every quirky girl doesn't have to be the best-friend character. It's a very limiting and self-fulfilling prophecy. People only write things that will get green-lit, so they write to those stereotypes.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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Demands for equal financing of sewers, streets, and garbage collection would make more sense than proposals for equal financing of the schools, since some plausible connection may be inferred between the amount of money expended, e.g., for roads, and the quality of service resulting to the taxpayer.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
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I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.
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The goal, as Compaq has stated all along in its history, is to support an open industry standard.
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When you're a fashion photographer, you must inspire a dream.
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I'm addicted to laughing. I go to see a lot of comedy shows. I'm addicted to playing really loud and obnoxious rock music in my car. I'm addicted to beautiful clothes and shoes. I just love gorgeous stuff and work hard to acquire pretty things, shiny things. I'm addicted to shiny things!
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I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old.
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No amount of propaganda can make right something that the world knows is wrong.
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Men are socialized to trust women until evidence to the contrary surfaces; women are socialized to be suspicious of men until an individual man earns trust.
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Everybody believes that capital punishment is wrong, but when they look at certain cases, they're quick to say, 'Put them to death,' or scream 'capital punishment.'
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I think I've got a funny face.
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I've polished up stories for their reprinted appearances. I guess there's always something to be changed or improved, but one could get carried away and work on one story indefinitely. I'm too restless for that, too eager to begin the next one.
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I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.
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It's hard for men sometimes to talk about feminism, just as it's hard for people who aren't from ethnic minorities to talk about racial prejudice. It's a difficult conversation to have, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have it.
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It is straightforward for me to be ethical, responsible, and kind-hearted because I have the resources to support that.
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I do not live in the world of sobriety.
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I love Australia; it was a really, really nice experience for me. It's such a beautiful place. The people are beautiful - like, really beautiful - and they are beautiful in terms of their personalities. It's a great place to be. It's like you are in a little bit of a dream world.
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Everybody that's successful lays a blueprint out.
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Hollywood is a changing world these days. This is one of the things that ought to be changed.
