Tom Harkin Quotes
I think the American people said, look, you know, we can't control what every government does to its people, but we shouldn't be aiding and assisting a government in having these kinds of repressive prisons. It added to the public outcry against our involvement in Vietnam.
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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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I've always been excited by rotoscoping, the technique used in films like 'Waking Life,' which fuses animation with real-life emotion. It seemed like it was a process ripe for innovation.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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I don't believe in writer's block.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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I wanted to look at the mentality that can breed that sort of intensity, that kind of cutthroat, pressure-cooker feeling, especially a form of music like jazz, that should be - or you'd think should be - all about liberation and improvisation and everything.
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People who are over-educated become risk-averse.
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Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
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The value of an arts education is widely accepted, especially in California.
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I want to have a normal high-school experience.
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Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
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I don't know how you can justify leaving any engagement behind in the social Web of 2011.
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To have nothing to say and to say it in a tragic manner is not the same thing as having something to say.
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It's not always easy for a mainstream organization to accept what a blog is.
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As we all know, sequels can be tricky.
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I don't really have a lot of fun playing just straight good guys. It's not my thing. It's like Tom Hanks territory.
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The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes simply from a desire to compose an image for cinema. It is not my fault that when I go to Ramallah there is a checkpoint and therefore it enters my film. Tell me a way to avoid that politicized image. The fact is that the police are everywhere, the army everywhere and occupation is total. Whether it's a love story or a thriller, you place the camera and these realities will cross the frame.
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Female adolescence is - universally - an emotionally and psychologically intense period.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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My parents were adorable. They were very kind, and very broad-minded compared to people of their generation.
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I think the American people said, look, you know, we can't control what every government does to its people, but we shouldn't be aiding and assisting a government in having these kinds of repressive prisons. It added to the public outcry against our involvement in Vietnam.
