William Schreyer Quotes
The fact of the matter is that I've enjoyed the competition in life and the business of life; I've enjoyed all that goes with it.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.
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The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.
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You have young men of color in many communities who are more likely to end up in jail or in the criminal justice system than they are in a good job or in college. And, you know, part of my job, that I can do, I think, without any potential conflicts, is to get at those root causes.
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I have a knack for choosing the wrong people.
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Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
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Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.
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We are not Marxist or capitalist; we are for the poor people.
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You fall for who the chemistry is with.
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I think it had something to do with my love of music, especially rock music.
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Children should always be brave and do something about bullying. It's not okay to stand by and let it happen. Bullies thrive off secrecy. Children should tell someone if they see someone being bullied.
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My real name is Joe Kennedy, but if you live in Massachusetts, you can't sign 'Joe Kennedy.' So, back in 1957, I stuck the X on my name to be different from those people in Hyannis Port.
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Our ideas are for the most part like bad sixpences, and we spend our lives trying to pass them on one another.
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Racial discrimination, South Africa's economic power, its oppression and exploitation of all the black peoples, are part and parcel of the same thing.
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Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.
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He Simon Cowell is actually very lovely in real life. We share the same interests, and he shares my love for animals as well.
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I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.
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For me, 'The Social Network' isn't about Facebook. It certainly isn't about how people use it. It's about a flawed character and his pursuit of that grand idea that defines him and validates his life and how far he'll go to get it, and the repercussions that come as a result of that - what he gives up in the process.
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As U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico has paid their part.
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Conversion does not mean a change of outward appearance; rather it requires a change of mind and results in a transformed life.
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I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day.
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So many people are campaigning, fighting, and even dying to make a statement in the name of humanity. These people have no voice that can be heard by many. I wish more celebrities would take the initiative to be that voice.
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The fact of the matter is that I've enjoyed the competition in life and the business of life; I've enjoyed all that goes with it.
