Hank Stuever Quotes
My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.
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It's extraordinary what children put up with. I happened to see two of my uncles put my father up against the wall of my grandmother's house and knock his teeth out, because he'd been unpleasant to my mother. The next day I went upstairs and found my father making a rather half-hearted attempt to gas himself.
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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A holiday vacation can mean sampling all kinds of new cuisine - whether it's Uncle Joe's award-winning chili or the exotic flavors of Nepal. If your little ones are fussy, be sure to ease mealtime hassles by bringing along a supply of the familiar foods they're accustomed to rejecting at home.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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Honestly, I'm not interested in gossip. Thing is, I know a lot of successful actors, and in hoping to be successful myself, I would like to think others would respect my privacy.
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I definitely think there's some way to understand how people emotionally feel about somebody, but I don't think data collects it. They're not going to click your bit.ly link or click your TweetMeme retweet every time.
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Of course I wanted an agent from the time I was like 5, but my mother was like, 'No, you're going to be normal, you're going to go to school, you're going to get good grades, you're going to play soccer, and if you do well, if you keep your grades up, you can do one community-theater show a year.'
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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Don't try to convince your partner you are right. Instead of trying to win arguments, try to have a winning relationship!
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
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I've always thought that we are what we remember, and the less we remember, the less we are.
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I have a Bachelor of Arts in English, which means I had a lot of formal training in reading.
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The guest to me was always paramount.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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In the 1930s, photographers such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange produced images of sharecroppers and Okies, which drew attention both to the conditions in which these unfortunates found themselves and to their heroic fortitude.
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Let's treat this country first and foremost.
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I have turned down a lot of garbage lately.
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I have never been satisfied with a piece of work I have been actively involved in, and would never want to be.
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My work is very much like the restaurant critic's - a number of factors come together to make for a strong review.
