Sidney Buchman (Sidney Robert Buchman) Quotes
I have seen the face of this country change in 25 years or 30 years. I have seen a equalization begin to develop - in inheritance laws, tax laws, laws for favoring trade unions, protecting them, and so forth. All these are social changes.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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Bulking up for the Twilight films was one of the hardest things I've done... I had to give myself a lot of pep talks, as there was just so much gym time.
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The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
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Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what they're saying, it's quite hard to find cracks.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.
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I'm a huge gamer.
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A part-time working woman makes $1.10 for every dollar made by her male counterpart.
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
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Ch. XIX : Grand Pontiff, p. 321
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In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So let's just get on with it, really.
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I've come to understand that art is awesome and beautiful because it's a reflection of life - but it's just a reflection, and the real thing is my daughter.
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I'm not aiming for an Academy Award.
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Let's make sure we're doing what we can in our own backyard to gain our energy independence and to create American jobs with American energy.
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If you've got aspirations to be a manager or coach, obviously coaching your country would be a great honour.
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We cannot conduct reforms that affect the people adversely. If therapy drags out for decades and no gleam of light is seen, it is certainly not in the interests of the country, not in the interests of the people.
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Ringside seats mean you hear the breaking of ribs, the splattered cartilage of what was once the boxer's nose, the dislocation of the jaw, the horrifying 'ugggh' that the boxer utters milliseconds after receiving a crushing left hook to the solar plexus or kidneys or head.
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All I can do is take influences from where I was raised.
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I have seen the face of this country change in 25 years or 30 years. I have seen a equalization begin to develop - in inheritance laws, tax laws, laws for favoring trade unions, protecting them, and so forth. All these are social changes.
