Witold Walczak Quotes
There is nothing more American than raising your voice in protest, and there is nothing more un-American than a government that attempts to hit the mute button when it doesn't like what it hears.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.
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When you hit your 40s, you begin to take notice of the effects of aging because people that you know begin to die of heart attacks and tumors, so we take notice of the effects of aging.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
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I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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Without a doubt, I'd love to do Broadway. I actually can't wait to get back to musical theater.
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
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I'm a genuine person - I will never promote something I don't believe in.
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Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
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I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.
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When I was making my first films, I was very interested in Hollywood B movies.
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Despite recent speculation in the media, and after difficult but sincere consideration, I have decided not to direct 'Catching Fire.' As a writer and a director, I simply don't have the time I need to write and prep the movie I would have wanted to make, because of the fixed and tight production schedule.
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I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
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Whenever I'm asked to autograph a copy of 'Nudge,' the book I wrote with Cass Sunstein, the Harvard law professor, I sign it, 'Nudge for good.' Unfortunately, that is meant as a plea, not an expectation.
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I've tried to lead a progressive, activist government.
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It's the reality: film is a director's medium, and, ultimately, they are the ones that are in charge, and you have to respect that because somebody has to be in charge. But, yeah, you do reach a point where you want to have your voice come out.
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There is nothing more American than raising your voice in protest, and there is nothing more un-American than a government that attempts to hit the mute button when it doesn't like what it hears.
