Wendy Wasserstein Quotes
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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At every turn, small businesses should be encouraged to compete. When they do, we all win.
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We didn't want our kids raised in a place plagued by smog and plastic surgery.
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By nature, I'm an optimistic person. No one believes it, but I am.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
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I don't do meetings.
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The collective judgment of the electorate must be respected.
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Am I a criminal? The world knows I'm not a criminal. What are they trying to put me in jail for? You've lost common sense in this society because of religious fanaticism and dogma.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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I have not watched Glenn Beck. I don't watch him.
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I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.
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Jadakiss is not no walk in no park. Nas is not no walk in no park. These are dudes that could have ended my career.
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Man takes his law from the Earth; the Earth takes its law from Heaven; Heaven takes its law from the Tao. The law of the Tao is its being what it is.
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I'm thankful to say that I already have my dream job. I wouldn't trade it for anything.
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If I've learned one thing, it's 'don't tell the truth.' Lies keep you together.
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If you're going to be born ugly and be an actor - the least they can do is let you play Lincoln.
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No problem can be solved until it is reduced to some simple form. The changing of a vague difficulty into a specific, concrete form is a very essential element in thinking.
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Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.
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Your vision of where or who you want to be is your greatest asset.
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If wars in the future are to be prevented the nations must be united in their determination to keep the peace under law.
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Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.
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Work is a way of shutting out ambiguous sentiment.
