Steven Soderbergh (Steven Andrew Soderbergh) Quotes

To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

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• The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding their university studies and providing them with mentors who assist them with their studies and the job placement process.

  

  Naftali Bennett
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• For me, I thought I had the best job in the world.

  

  Valerie Plame
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• I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
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• I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done.

  

  Tamara Tunie
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• You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing.

  

  Karen Bender
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• When you're first reading the script and thinking about playing the part, it's slightly daunting. It's easy to question, 'Is an audience going to like me? And is that my job?'

  

  Laura Dern
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• Having a lot of people suddenly depending on me to get the job done was a marvelous motivator. The book and movie deals seemed to flip a switch in my head, and off I went.

  

  Laura Hillenbrand
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• The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.

  

  Flavor Flav
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• I made the decision to come back to New York, quit my job and move to Paris.

  

  Ed Bradley
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• Any job is wonderful.

  

  Sam Jaeger
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• Sometimes at night, when I leave and ride by the front of the White House and the lights are on, it is so beautiful, I have some sense of, 'Hey, that's where I work, and Jimmy is President now.' But day in and day out, it's a job.

  

  Hamilton Jordan
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• At the time, there were very few foreign names in the press and they were all factory workers. I thought I'd never get a job at a university with a foreign name.

  

  Carl Rakosi
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• Actors get to go to these amazing worlds. In 'Terminator,' I was a cyborg with feelings; in 'Avatar,' I lived for 15 months on a fantastical planet, and in 'Clash of the Titans,' I get to fight a scorpion the size of a dump truck. It's a bizarre job, but you explore yourself.

  

  Sam Worthington
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• Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
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• Jon Kyl did a really good job of presenting a case and moving issues. John McCain probably is one of the more effective legislators, getting things on through the process. I always thought, too - and this may seem kind of odd - Richard Shelby was just an effective guy a lot of times at stopping things.

  

  Sam Brownback
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• Football brings you lots of lovely things, but then you have to realise that it's actually a job.

  

  Yaya Toure
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• In fact, almost every job you get somebody watching you.

  

  Jack Vance
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• I've only got a Saturday job so my weekdays are generally pretty free.

  

  Gary Lineker
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• I may be only a fish and chip shop lady, but some of these economists need to get their heads out of the textbooks and get a job in the real world. I would not even let one of them handle my grocery shopping.

  

  Pauline Hanson
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• I have never considered any player as my competitor; each one of them is good and talented, and my job is to beat them.

  

  Lin Dan
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• Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.

  

  Peter Benchley

• The reason why the British theatrical tradition is world-leading in Greek drama is because there is a flourishing tradition of people rethinking Greek tragedy.

  

  Mary Beard
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• To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

  

  Steven Soderbergh
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  • Found
  • Shape