Sydney Pollack (Sydney Irwin Pollack) Quotes
You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.
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I already had high blood pressure. I have hypertension. And I think the chemo was just too much for my kidneys. And they went into failure. And that was September 12th of 2008. And the doctor rushed me right to the hospital.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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Everything has its own kind of theatricality and its own drama.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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I am not afraid to go to jail.
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I don't know that I'd call myself an optimist.
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Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.
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Yashpal, writing in the nineteen-fifties, sought to indict this culture of men, Hindus and Muslims alike, who value their freedom and power over the rights and lives of women.
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You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
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I have been very encouraged by President Obama's call to action on climate change both at his Inauguration and in the State of the Union Address. This is a global imperative. I also welcome President Obama's intention to pursue reductions in nuclear arsenals.
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Every actor fears unemployment – even me.
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Wanting to be a rock star, I get it. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, dude! The freedom!'
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Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the state, division of powers, and the doctrine of checks and balances are established in order to prevent accumulation of power that might lead to such Godly claims.
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The wonderful thing about Gilda Radner was that she was not a person who disappointed.
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I did three movies in a row, and that was horrible. It was a horrible experience for me.
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Commit to "CAN I!" - Constant And Never-Ending Improvement.
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You know, essentially when you do a play you're reinterpreting a work of art that already exists. That's not what happens with a movie.
