Sam Simon Quotes
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People like me were supposed to be into exclusivity, unapproachable. That's what I hate most. I think it's very demode.
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I think millennials are a generation that's a little bit behind, maybe four or five years behind the previous generation, as far as when they buy a house.
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Consumerism is so weird. It's a sort of conspiracy we collude in. You'd think shoppers spending their hard-earned cash would be highly critical. You know that the manufacturers are trying to have you on.
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Let us not be so naive as to think that revolution is just a matter of social or economic discontent.
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I think people do their bravest work when given an elusive canvas. That would be seemingly the weirdest, but also the most wonderful.
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When I come home from a shoot, I'd rather reheat food I've made than eat takeout.
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I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.
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I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one.
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I love Rihanna. I think her style just pushes a lot of boundaries. My tomboy side takes inspiration from her.
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I think marriage is a beautiful thing. I'm still a supporter of it.
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I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
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I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.
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I do think you get lonelier and lonelier being an artist as you get older.
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I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.
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We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
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I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.
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I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
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Granny beads are what they're called when a grandma works the garden all day - you always see them - they have a handkerchief around their neck with a lot of dust on them, and then the sweat will go down and make these black beads of sweat and dirt around their neck. And that's what they call granny beads.
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I will tell you, I'm a lousy cook, but I think I'm a pretty good judge of a good meal.
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Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.
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My first hero, as a teenager, was James Connolly. I remember discovering that he was a feminist, and that was an eye-opener, coming from a man of such poverty.
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I'd rather be nauseous than tired, I think.
