Abraham Rotstein Quotes
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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As an entrepreneur, you tend to see the opportunities where others see none.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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What you are comes to you.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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Sexuality is a private matter; some believe that broadcasting it destroys the very things that make it sacred.
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More than half the world's largest 100 economies are corporations. They have no loyalties to place or citizens.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.
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Museums are managers of consciousness. They give us an interpretation of history, of how to view the world and locate ourselves in it. They are, if you want to put it in positive terms, great educational institutions. If you want to put it in negative terms, they are propaganda machines.
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The poorest of families, the poorest of children, are subsidizing the growth of the largest agribusinesses in the world. I think itÂ’s time we recognized that in free trade the poor farmer, the small farmer, is ending up having to pay royalties to the Monsantos of the world.
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Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.
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The best of merchandise will go back to the shelf unless handled by a conscientious, tactful salesman.
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Much will have to change in Canada if the country is to stay the same.
