Steve Buscemi (Steven Vincent Buscemi) Quotes
Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what they bring to it and then be inspired by it and say: "OK, what if you tried this?" or "What would happen if ... ?"
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I am confined to the Lego palate. I don't paint the bricks. I stick with what Lego has made. And the idea behind that is I do want to hopefully inspire kids to go home and create on their own. And if I do, I want them to be able to buy those very same bricks I use. So I don't alter the bricks; I just use what's provided.
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A trade war would be a disaster for the world. It's very easy to slip into a trade war.
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Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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I'm going to fight to the death for a public option.
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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
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The only people who should really sin are the people who can sin and grin.
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One can only imagine how Iranians or Afghans would deal with unelected judges moving to de-Islamicize their nations.
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I look at the NFL and see how the transition has gone at quarterback. I might be coming along at a good time. For me personally, this is about doing the same thing I've been doing at USF - just smile, have fun, enjoy the experience, keep a positive attitude and encourage my teammates. I like to feed off the people around me.
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Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.
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People go down bad paths and they make bad decisions, but it's always justified in their head.
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I believe in peace-building in any kind of platform, be it a political platform like Parliament or negotiations like peace-building negotiations.
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Broadening and deepening the relationship with our users and advertisers have always been our strategic priority.
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When I met Dante I didn't work in the movies, but I enjoyed so much the movies. I worked in interior design and when I met Dante, we tried to do something together.
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'One Yellow Daffodil' is both a look to the past and to the future and expresses my belief in the great spirit and strength of our children.
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I was putting all those pressures on myself.
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There's always a bit of fiction in everything that I write.
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My mom has always been beside me, always telling me what's right and what's not, guiding me through it all, keeping me away from bad company and from bad habits.
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I'm more relaxed and just feel like there's kind of a peace with myself.
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It is harder to dress a bigger woman no matter what anybody wants to say.
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We recognize that our progress as a species does not have to be defined in terms of wealth or material and physical growth any more than our progress as individuals has to be defined in terms of physical growth. Physical growth of the body reaches a limit, but the character and the soul of the individual continues to grow, or at least has a chance to continue, often to our last breath. It is simple minded to define our well being in material terms, when that well-being has an aesthetic dimension, and intellectual dimension, a moral dimension.
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We just wanted to lock down defensively. We made great defensive plays down the stretch. Inexperienced teams find a way to lose, tonight we found a way to win.
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I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader.
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Casting is everything. Getting the person that you imagined is this character and then seeing what they bring to it.That's why you hire them, so why tell somebody first what it is you want? I'm more curious to see what they bring to it and then be inspired by it and say: "OK, what if you tried this?" or "What would happen if ... ?"
