Michael Lynton Quotes
I was one of two Jewish kids in my school. We were probably one of two Jewish families in our town.
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One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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The smorgasbord of images now presented to us is getting bloodier. They're becoming more frequent - almost hourly.
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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.
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People still do fall in and out of love and can and cannot express what they feel and are very much pained because the person they love is with somebody else. That's happening the whole world over, and I think it always has been.
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A 'Friends' shoot night could extend well into the small hours of the morning.
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I've had a few semi-toxic relationships, but it's not what I look for when I'm seeing someone.
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I was attacked by a dog when I was a toddler, and my injuries were so bad, I spent quite a bit of my childhood in and out of hospital. Books were absolutely my salvation during those years.
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Women should not be forced to accept sexual harassment as the price of admission to a life and career in the political world. They should not have to endure unwanted touching, innuendo, and propositioning from men in positions of power.
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Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere and he has a tendency to say them at exactly the time when they most undermine the conservative agenda.
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I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things.
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Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn't going to come.
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I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.
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Kyoto was a flawed process. There isn't one industrialized country around the world that has ratified that treaty, and so that is a non-starter.
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As a child, I was always making sound; it was a compulsion. I loved to scream and yell and sing; it freed me from all the thoughts in my head. I begged for opera lessons because opera singing is the most formidable, most emotional way to use your voice.
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Know how your representatives stand on major national or state issues.
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Like everyone else, I have challenges.
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I was one of two Jewish kids in my school. We were probably one of two Jewish families in our town.
