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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When a man interrupts a woman in mid-sentence, it reveals much about him. First, it shows he hasn't been listening to what she is saying, and secondly, it indicates that he doesn't want to listen to what she will say. Her views are not important.
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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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The biggest effect celebrity had on me was that I stopped being open and receptive and started to walk around with my head down.
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I say to those opposite: we intend to prevail in this battle of ideas, on the ground, right through to the next election. We intend to prevail.
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On my US tour maybe three out of 30 shows there was an Elvis impersonator in the crowd but that's it. I usually get younger fans, and those that come that are of an older generation end up walking out because it's too loud.
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When I write, I lose time. I'm happy in a way that I have a hard time finding in real life. The intimacy between my brain and my fingers and my computer... Yet knowing that that intimacy will find an audience... It's very satisfying. It's like having the safety of being alone with the ego reward of being known.
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Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all its varying forms, perhaps then we would understand ourselves better. The question of course is whether the other animals would approve of it.
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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.
