Morgan Spurlock Quotes
The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'
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I posed nude to show my parents they couldn't dictate to me any more - that I control my life.
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I feel very strongly that 'curves' are natural, womanly and real.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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When I was 17, a neighbour I knew well died of cancer, and I became au pair to her three little girls. In circumstances like that, when you can't really help, I think it's a human response to do something beyond oneself. So I did a sponsored parachute jump for Cancer Research. It was exciting and ridiculous.
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People want someone focused on getting the job done, not political talking points but rather solving problems.
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The voice of the Republican party is up for grabs. It's a contest right now.
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A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.
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I am responsible for managing more schoolteachers' and firemen's money than anybody in the world. That's an enormous responsibility.
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You can easily die racing to cover a bank robbery as you can in a war zone.
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I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.
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I am a big proponent of adopting dogs through shelters and rescue operations. Having dogs in the office might not be right for everyone, but it has certainly worked well for me. My advice to other offices, on the Hill and off, would be to try it out.
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When we built Roomba, we explicitly designed it to not have a face. We didn't want to think it was cute; we wanted people to take it seriously, so we gave it more of an industrial look. People personified their Roomba anyway. Over 80 percent of people name their robot. We did nothing to encourage people to do that, but they do it anyway.
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I believe deeply that children are more powerful than oil, more beautiful than rivers, more precious than any other natural resource a country can have.
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I hope that the mistakes made and suffering imposed upon Japanese Americans nearly 60 years ago will not be repeated against Arab Americans whose loyalties are now being called into question.
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I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.
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I would love to have more actress friends, but I just don't.
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Stopping crime before it occurs is the most effective crime fighting tool of all.
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The nomadic lifestyle does work for a lot of working parents, but I've traveled and I've seen it, and I want to be able to go home at night and see my daughter. I want to be there for her first day of school and her school recital. Honestly, television is what offers me that.
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My parents have worked their asses off their whole entire lives, they still do, and I never felt like anything would be handed to me. I never felt sorry for myself. I felt like, "Wow, this is incredible. I'm able to do this for myself." I think once you have that sense of empowerment at a young age and you allow your children to have that empowerment, it will fuel them for a lifetime.
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That's one of the things we're most excited about, really, is just allowing this great, Oscar-nominated actor, giving him material to play in one of his signature roles.
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Well then I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I?
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I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.
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The food is absolutely atrocious, and parents have no idea. Parents are giving their kids three dollars and saying, 'Okay, see you later. Go off to school and have a good lunch.'
