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.

  

  D. J. MacHale
  • Good
  • End
  • Mystery

• I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Think
  • Way
  • Singing

• 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.

  

  Taylor Lautner
  • Up
  • Time
  • Done

• 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.

  

  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
  • Life
  • Work
  • Great

• If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.

  

  Quentin Blake
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  • Yourself

• 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.

  

  Imogen Poots
  • You
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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.

  

  Caitlyn Jenner
  • Kids
  • Problem
  • Perception

• A part-time working woman makes $1.10 for every dollar made by her male counterpart.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Time

• 'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • Truth

• Ch. XIX : Grand Pontiff, p. 321

  

  Albert Pike

• 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.

  

  Chance The Rapper
  • Life
  • Real
  • Art

• I really did always want to do theater.

  

  Lauren Ambrose

• Thinking of the dismissal by Leicester, the first thing that comes to mind is a sense of surprise even more than of bitterness.

  

  Claudio Ranieri
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• She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it.

  

  Elizabeth Montagu
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• I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.

  

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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• Being transgender is more than just medical books and everything, procedures. It's something spiritual in which you're finding yourself and really discovering who you are and learning to love yourself.

  

  Jazz Jennings
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• It's funny, one of the reasons why I never wear my glasses any more is that, when I was younger, a guy once said that he liked me until he found out that I wear glasses.

  

  Danielle Panabaker
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• Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I'm a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can't learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind.

  

  Joe Nichols
  • People
  • Mind
  • Ignorance

• I eat broccoli. I think about the plot. I pace in circles for hours, counter-clockwise, listening to music. I try to think of one detail in the scene I'm about to write that I'm really excited about writing. Until I can come up with that one detail, I pace.

  

  Matthew Tobin Anderson
  • Up
  • Music
  • Writing

• Each haka has its own interpretation, but you have to make sure you are in unison with your team-mates; the haka should be a proper war cry.

  

  Jonah Lomu
  • War
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• We should not replicate the situation where one country is in a situation to hijack the rest of Europe because they organize a referendum.

  

  Emmanuel Macron
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  • Rest

• I always loved Sam Cooke, because he seemed very versatile. He sang gospel, soul, blues, pop music.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Music
  • Soul
  • Blues

• Hire extremely independent, intelligent, and passionate people, not necessarily "experts." Maybe three or four of my employees have MBAs, and those guys aren't necessarily at the top of the food chain.

  

  Yvon Chouinard
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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.

  

  Sidney Buchman
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