Michael Mandelbaum Quotes
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.
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When the season ends, I like to take a little time off from the diet I follow when I'm playing.
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I work out six days a week. Usually 45 minutes of running, then swimming and weightlifting.
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What America needs is not Robin Hood but Adam Smith.
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Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
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I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.
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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.
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Read, read, read, read and then read some more.
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I love Thanksgiving. In Canada, we don't really have a lot of history with Thanksgiving, and it's a holiday devoted to food, and that warms the cockles of my being.
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Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts.
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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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I hope that they are finding satisfaction. I'm in no way making a judgment. I know it doesn't make me happy.
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As an artist, you want to play around with mediums and see if you can get the point across in different way.
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This business [moviemaking] isn't easy. It's a hard business. You just keep plugging away until you figure it out. You write something you love and keep banging on people's heads until somebody lets you do it.
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Absorption in worldly affairs breeds darkness in the heart, and absorption in the affairs of the next world enkindles light in the heart
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My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.
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No matter what you do, it can't be perfect. I told Jack White, 'If I'd 'a sung that song more'n twice, it might of sounded better.' He said, 'Well, it might not of. You might have took the spark out of it.' I don't know if he has a point or not. We'll find out.
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No matter where life takes me. Find me with a smile.
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I would just have a different policy than what he has espoused... We need to recognize we are not going to deport 12 million people, and ... we shouldn't.
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All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.
