Sidney Sheinberg Quotes

Who says that big-budget films are safer than mid-range films? In terms of return on investment, I'd rather have 'Sling Blade' and 'Shine' than 'Volcano.'

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• All men begin their learning with Homer.

  

  Xenophanes
  • Men
  • Learning
  • Begin

• Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.

  

  Ian Smith
  • Freedom
  • Justice
  • Courage

• To his credit, Obama has undertaken a truly ambitious effort to redefine the United States' view of the world and to reconnect the United States with the emerging historical context of the twenty-first century. He has done this remarkably well.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • World
  • Done
  • Effort

• DMs are a lot like email - and should have the same privacy protections as a mailed letter.

  

  Adam Cohen
  • Same
  • Privacy
  • E-mail

• A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.

  

  Adam Mansbach
  • Home
  • Winning
  • Holiday

• I tell the government, if people have no jobs, you are in trouble. Government will be in trouble. My job is to help more people have jobs.

  

  Jack Ma
  • People
  • Job
  • Help

• Parts that are desexed, matronly – to just put me in a couple of scenes and have me be the older, you know, dead character, is not gonna fly with me.

  

  Patricia Clarkson
  • Character
  • Know
  • Fly

• I'm doing everything that I can, working with experts, really studying the statistics to figure out a way we can make it cool or normal to be kind and loving.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Cool
  • Statistics
  • Be kind

• It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist.

  

  Wayne Kramer
  • Great
  • Guy
  • Better

• I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Night
  • Need
  • Snogging

• I love Niecy Nash. I would take a vacation with the lady. She is just delightful.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • Love
  • Take
  • Vacation

• When trying to innovate, most people stop after 10-15 possibilities, failing to recognize that their first ideas are usually the most obvious ones.

  

  Adam Grant
  • People
  • Trying
  • Stop

• Some people have been talking about - every place I go, they bring up the issue of foreign aid. I go, 'You can't get rid of all foreign aid.'

  

  Dan Webster
  • People
  • Up
  • Place

• I've always tried to stay out of the fray and not be an object of controversy.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Always
  • Tried
  • Object

• I was punished for blowing the whistle on my father's lifestyle.

  

  Tatum O'Neal
  • Father
  • Dad
  • Lifestyle

• I have three incredible nieces and a nephew who's going off to college. To hear them say they're proud of me left me in tears.

  

  Tamron Hall
  • Me
  • College
  • Proud

• We learn by taking action and seeing whether it works or not.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
  • Action
  • Learn
  • Seeing

• I feel like in an interview situation, it's a kind of intimacy that I can understand and handle - versus in real life, when I'm much more of a bumbler and have a hard time.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Life
  • Time
  • Real

• We are afraid to face the hard questions. We are willing to tackle drugs, crime, and public education only if it doesn't cost us any new taxes.

  

  J. Irwin Miller
  • Education
  • Face
  • Questions

• When the Korean economy was just trying to get back on its feet after the war, having parks was a luxury.

  

  Lee Myung-bak
  • Trying
  • War
  • Economy

• Haiti is the kind of place that grabs your heart, and never lets go ... When you arrive in Port-au-Prince, the first thing that strikes you is how vibrant the colors are. Buses, buildings, fences, clothing, everything is brightly painted in primary hues. On closer inspection, you see the reality behind this brightly colored landscape: a dark, grinding poverty, the worst in the Western hemisphere.

  

  Andrea Mitchell
  • Heart
  • Reality
  • Kind

• Some films shouldn't be remade.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Films
  • Some
  • Remade

• We Vietnam happen to offer good investment opportunities for foreigners, although this is not a one-way street. Both we and the foreign investors benefit greatly as a result.

  

  Nguyen Minh Triet
  • Result
  • Investment
  • Benefit

• Who says that big-budget films are safer than mid-range films? In terms of return on investment, I'd rather have 'Sling Blade' and 'Shine' than 'Volcano.'

  

  Sidney Sheinberg
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  • Budget