William Weld Quotes
People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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I have had someone ask me to sign their 'Team Taylor' panties. She wasn't a teenager. She was in her 40s.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
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My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.
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Complex tasks are often better handled in the back of our mind, and that's often true of creative tasks - when you have something complex to deal with in writing or research or responding to an email. I'll start working, put it aside, and sometimes I'll wake up the next morning with a solution, or I'll find one when I exercise.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Criticism always seemed to me a lot like police work. You look for clues, fingerprints, motives. You need to construct an airtight case.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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There was a time when I used to live in Spain that it went really crazy with drugs and stuff like that.
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There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there's only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.
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My criteria for what makes a book an official 'favorite,' is based almost entirely on how desperately I don't want the story to end.
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Most artists try to avoid cliches, but it's pretty hard to avoid them if you yourself end up being one.
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I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.
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You don't concentrate on risks. You concentrate on results. No risk is too great to prevent the necessary job from getting done.
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Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.
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There are a lot of very simple recipes in the book, and there's a huge amount of material to help people understand how things work.
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People aren't stupid. I mean, people remember in 1990, the unemployment rate was 10 percent. Now it's 4 _ percent. We've got 1/4 million jobs that we've created.
