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.
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If you're thin-skinned, you don't belong doing what I do for a living.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Long Kiss Goodnight has a huge cult following. They could make another version of that movie right now and make a lot of money.
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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.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.
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Back in May of 2008, the Kindle was still quite new, and we focused on that.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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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.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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I didn't hang around films. I don't know if I'd ever seen Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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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.
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I went into the sciences very early on, but to me, economics pervades so much more of our lives and our existence.
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In a certain sense, this guy - who is one of the most evil people in the book - he's not really that bad at running the show, because he knows what he's doing, he's smart and he's got the big picture in mind. He's like the Godfather.
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I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second.
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The evolvement of proteolysis as a centrally important regulatory mechanism is a remarkable example for the development of a novel biological concept and the accompanying battles to change paradigms.
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I would say that the things that have really left a mark on me have more to do with my family and my children's lives rather than a film role.
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We have been growing more food than we need since the '60s... what we have is a terrible distribution problem.
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The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.
