Bill Press Quotes
I think Joe Madison is right. What we have to do is call him out on every one of these things and then maybe somebody will take the sweet machine away from him.
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What I think I learned from working on 'Moonlight' is you see what happens when you persecute people. They fold into themselves.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?
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I'm a vegetarian who doesn't like eggplant parmesan. Isn't that awful? I'm also sick of portobello mushrooms. People are like, 'A vegetarian's coming to dinner,' so they serve those.
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When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him.
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After four years as Administrator of the SBA, I have let President Obama know that I will not be staying for a second term. I will stay on until my successor is confirmed to ensure a smooth and seamless transition.
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I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.
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To be a superstar is incredible pressure. And also in our country, I'm going to speak about this, America. We have a way of kind of making it hard on our superstars. I don't sense it when I go to Europe or I go to Japan.
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In Ireland, the tribes are called after the founder, as the Hy Conaill, Hy Fiachra, or sons of Conal, sons of Fiech, through grand, great-grand, and great-great-grandchildren.
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I've always wanted to be a singer and an actor. I will continue to concentrate on both because I love both.
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After I won the Tony Award, the film floodgates opened, so I was like a kid in a candy store.
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Kids can be born with potential but unless it's encouraged - pushed, even - I don't think it will ever come to fruition.
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My mom was a history teacher, so I couldn't really avoid history when I was growing up. But we're very light on American history. We don't really have great opportunities to study both the Civil War and the Revolution.
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You think it matters to the kids whether they're learning to play on a Steinway or a normal piano?
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Maybe it's because I look into the future professionally, but I see great possibilities for both humanity and our planet. I don't believe the thriving of one has to come at the expense of the other, and I'm deeply concerned to find out whether other people do think that.
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I know who the leader is on the team, ... I ain't going to say who it is, but I know who it is. I know who the team feeds off. I know who the opposing team comes in knowing they have to defend to stop the Yankees.
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It seems to me that [Andy Cohen] can write these diaries forever.
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As a child, I was hyper, I was a clown and I was sensitive. Today I'm all of the above, except I've refrained from bouncing off the walls.
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What we call a poem is mostly what is not there on the page. The strength of any poem is the poems that it has managed to exclude.
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I don't want to look back. I want to keep going forward, I still have something to say to people.
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I think Joe Madison is right. What we have to do is call him out on every one of these things and then maybe somebody will take the sweet machine away from him.
