Sidney Buchman (Sidney Robert Buchman) Quotes
Communism seemed to be an ideal experiment in trying to achieve a state where all persons have greater democracy. I might add, like other persons here and elsewhere, I found myself concerned with the problem of increasing need for greater economic and political democracy for greater numbers of people.
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What's really important to me is that we have fiscally responsible balanced budgets.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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My mom is just so good with fashion! She always tells me what looks good, what doesn't look good, and she gives me great advice.
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I am cursed with computers; something always goes wrong.
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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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Keep your eye on the ball.
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I am Puerto Rican. I think Latinas are sexy, and being one, it has influenced a lot of my style, but being an official Los Angelite, this town has influenced most of my daily style, which is relaxed & easy.
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The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
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I've had many nicknames over the years: V, Nessa, Nessy Poo, Nessy Bear and Van. Only my parents call me Van, though, and I hate it. I get embarrassed.
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Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.
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The distinction between indoors and outdoors, which in England is usually so marked, was temporarily suspended in a hot gauzy haze.
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It's a weird business. You're trying to write something that's built on magic, which is pretty stressful.
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We are a product of our families, schools, and churches. Without the liberty and rule of law that characterize America, entrepreneurship would indeed be impossible. Any successful American who is not a patriot is a rank ingrate.
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Communism seemed to be an ideal experiment in trying to achieve a state where all persons have greater democracy. I might add, like other persons here and elsewhere, I found myself concerned with the problem of increasing need for greater economic and political democracy for greater numbers of people.
