Mordecai Richler Quotes
It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate.
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It's always interesting to play a character that obviously has a secret.
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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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I'm sentimental about many things: the lumpy feel of a baby's unused feet, the metallic smell of the air before the first snow, the last scene in 'It's a Wonderful Life.' But Valentine's Day leaves me cold.
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TV news has largely given Trump editorial control.
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I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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At 14 and 15, I used to listen to Tito Puente, Dave Valentine and everything that was happening with American jazz. I love it.
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The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, I'm doing good.
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I remember; I was 15 years old when Neil Armstrong put feet in the moon.
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Who would be such a fool as to make advances to his reader, advances which might end in rejection or, worse still, in acceptance?
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The first idea is an imagined thing.
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No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices.
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In silence and movement you can show the reflection of people.
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Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.
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First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent.
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The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.
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The best marriages are the ones where we can go out in the world and really put ourselves out there. A lot of times we'll fail, and sometimes we'll pull it off. But good marriages are when you can go home and know that your vulnerability will be honored as courage, and that you'll find support.
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My beef with the alt-fuel people is not the renewable or alt-fuel ideas themselves. Sooner or later, there's no question we're going to have to rely on them. For me, it's an issue of scale.
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It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate.
