Jack Schwartz Quotes
Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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We as women have a voice and we are decision makers in what film to see. We always support our boyfriends and husbands by going to see the male dominated films, but we don't compel them to see films with female casts.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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The day before I was famous in Denmark, nobody looked my way. The day after, everybody wanted to talk to me.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much.
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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At 18, I wanted to work with the creme de la creme because I thought that was the only way to be successful. But I don't think any A-lister has done as many B-grade films as I have.
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This is the first lesson for writers - or anyone - who conducts interviews: If you want someone to talk, you've got to know how to listen. And good listening is a surprisingly active process. The interviewee is your focus of attention; you are there to hear what he says and thinks, exclusively.
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Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore.
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Obviously I'm not there to pick up anybody, but I'm not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.
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We've come a long way from the days of Jim Crow, and yes, we elected a black president, but racism lives.
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Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below the poverty line is almost the same.
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Muslim delegates concerned about rights in Palestine could have brought their enthusiasm closer to home by addressing the fate of black Christians being slaughtered and enslaved in the Sudan.
