Norman Ornstein Quotes
Having a lot of time left as president is a good thing for him, because it gives him the opportunities and time to get out of some of these holes.
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.
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I have known I was destined to live in Goa the moment I first stepped foot on the Panjim docks from the ferry from Mumbai, when I was 18.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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It's an individual sport; you want to do well for yourself.
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Except for the Bible, the two greatest documents ever written are the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.
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It's not really difficult to go from one voice into the next.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
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I couldn't care less about what anybody else has to say.
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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I'm funny at home too, but not deliberately. My wife is usually laughing at me rather than with me.
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Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.
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I don't know what DVD commentaries are about. I'd like to strangle the person who came up with that concept.
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And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough to put my name on it.
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If you ever see young artists, and they're not sounding good, they sound good. They're good singers. They wouldn't be where they are if they didn't sound good. It's their nerves. Any time you see your favorite artist, and he's or she's screwing up or not hitting those notes, it's not because she can't hit it or she can't sing; he or she is scared.
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There is a lot of evidence to back up the assertion that war fiction takes time. Many all-time classics of the genre, from Erich Maria Remarque's 'All Quiet on the Western Front' to Joseph Heller's 'Catch-22' to Tim O'Brien's 'The Things They Carried,' took over a decade to pen.
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It's important to have quiet time and isolation.
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Having a lot of time left as president is a good thing for him, because it gives him the opportunities and time to get out of some of these holes.
