Michael Mandelbaum Quotes
The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.
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I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally.
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Relatively, a very small percentage of betting takes place on hockey and even baseball because of the nature of the game and the scoring.
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The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
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I am more of a suspense writer. A mystery writer solves mysteries. I am a 'high suspense' writer.
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I have only one counsel for you - be master.
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I've always just focused on the work, and I've just tried to be honest with the work. If the work speaks to people, fantastic.
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Film is a window to the real world but a lie that makes you believe the unbelievable.
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Painting pictures didn't make me a lot of money. I have to eat.
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Except for a handful of banks that just keep a handful of their loans in portfolio, on their balance sheet, every other loan that's originated in the United States - whether from a bank, mortgage company, mortgage broker - is sold into the secondary market.
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Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if I'm nervous before going on stage, but that's natural to many performers. If I think it's going to be a problem, I just reach for my inhaler.
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Being a visionary is a new profession, but it is really just a variant on fortunetelling, which may be the world's oldest. And its marketing appeal is similar - people will pay for reassurance about the unknown.
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I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.
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When we play at the World Cup, any African will back any African team. Because we want to hear the different approach to African football. We want to hear that Africans can do well, and Africans do well.
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I try personally not to be nostalgic.
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Random things are luxurious to people. It's personal.
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Obviously the Senate is a federal office, but to get California's economy moving again we need to do some things in the federal arena.
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I have to let him know that he's potentially destroying his movie, that he could be making a terrible, terrible error. I needed to let him know that I didn't know or think that I was capable of doing this.
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I don't relate to the 'Twilight' books or movies at all, but I'm obsessed with it as a pop culture phenomenon - all these people just screaming like it was the Beatles.
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My mother tries to explain that I need support and that I'm just going through a period of adjustment. "Like puberty," she says.
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The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.
