Mike D (Michael Louis Diamond) Quotes
In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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What was past was past. I suppose that was the general attitude.
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Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in the street, the common person there, wants to have this war behind him. I think a lot of the soldiers are very war-weary too.
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And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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I've been called 'musically schizophrenic,' and some people think that's a cool thing.
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If you have two parents who have to work, who want to work, you need to have someone to guide your child.
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I have got prostate cancer, and I have to keep monitoring that. It's no problem, it's under control and I'm very cool about it, but other people are dying from it.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.
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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
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I'm not an economist; I'm a hacker who has spent his career exploring and repairing large networks.
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Unless you consider yourself some sort of human brand, which I don't, you have to deal with the fact that different people are going to like different aspects of your work. It's not consistent. I am not consistent. But I feel OK with that.
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A friend of mine, a Hispanic entrepreneur asked me a question sometime ago, he said, 'When is the last time you saw a Hispanic panhandler?' I think it's a great question. I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging.
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I feel I am blessed. So many actresses went without doing a period film in their career, and I got a chance to do one in my first film.
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It is so important for European countries, post-Second World War, to prove that they can be successful multiethnic and multiracial democracies. I think we in Britain have had great success in avoiding the hatreds and prejudices of the past.
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We see healthcare shifting from a procedure reimbursement, where in this country doctors are reimbursed for how many procedures they conduct, to a world where people will be reimbursed for the outcomes - did the patient actually get better, and what was the total cost of the cycle of care.
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Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.
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In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.
