William Proxmire Quotes

The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.

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• I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.

  

  Carla Gugino
  • Trying
  • Think
  • Successful

• If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • You
  • Doing
  • Living

• I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.

  

  Hans-Ulrich Obrist
  • Long
  • Art
  • Remember

• I know some black actresses who have to wait every 19 films for a role. I can be cast in practically every one as a young white male.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Black
  • Know
  • White

• I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
  • Think
  • Find
  • Down

• Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • Long
  • Money
  • Movie

• I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • America
  • Interesting
  • Film

• I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.

  

  Isaac Hayes
  • People
  • Positive
  • Influence

• It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • Hope
  • Imagination
  • Compassion

• Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.

  

  Walt Mossberg
  • May
  • New
  • Back

• When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.

  

  Natalie Portman
  • Guy
  • Want
  • Me

• The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.

  

  Naomi Wolf
  • Personality
  • Lose
  • Rights

• I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.

  

  Nancy Reagan
  • Political
  • Talk
  • Matters

• Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Drinking
  • Drink
  • Smoking

• I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.

  

  Patricia Highsmith
  • Know
  • Lady
  • Seen

• Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.

  

  Tahl Raz
  • Strong
  • Years
  • Through

• I don't rehearse with my actors... the first rehearsal is the first time we turn the camera on... Sydney Pollack never rehearsed his actors, and I found out that's allowed... so you film reactions; you don't create them.

  

  Ira Sachs
  • Time
  • Never
  • Camera

• I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.

  

  Dambisa Moyo
  • Existence
  • Lives
  • Economics

• I want to prove the naysayers wrong. They're everywhere. And to be honest with you, they're all I see, and they're what motivates me.

  

  Eddie Alvarez

• For each final photograph, I'll have shot loads of film. I suppose people don't see all that. But when someone looks at a piece of work, they know something has gone into it, even if they can't lay their finger on what it is.

  

  Catherine Yass
  • Film
  • Photograph
  • Fingers

• I think any time anybody sees the bad guy show emotion and you're not hitting the audience over the head, there's always a tinge of empathy for that individual.

  

  Paul Wesley
  • Time
  • Bad
  • Guy

• If you look at the life of Jesus, that's an example of true worship. You know look at the stories, if you want to learn about real worship read Matthew through John. Seriously. You just read it and you will see the true level. You see when Jesus is in the boat and the storm comes when it comes and the winds are blowing and Jesus is sleeping in the boat and the disciples are freaking out. And Jesus wakes up and says "What you guys got is a problem, no?" and he commands the seas to be calm that's true worship.

  

  Brian Francis Johnson AC/DC
  • Real
  • Guy
  • Jesus

• Gay nightclubs offer better dance music.

  

  Jack Davenport
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Gay

• The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.

  

  William Proxmire
  • Guy
  • Ego
  • Bigs