Blanche Wiesen Cook Quotes
One of the things for me, as a biographer, that is so significant is for Eleanor Roosevelt - the child who never had a home of her own, who lives in her grandmother's home and then goes to school and then gets married and lives in her mother-in-law's homes, and then in public housing (like the White House and the State House) - housing becomes for Eleanor Roosevelt the most important issue.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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Bureaucracy kills people's ability to try new ideas.
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San Francisco businesses face many challenges, including high rents, regulatory burdens, and the rising cost of workers compensation insurance and employee health plans.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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When I was a kid, they used to say, 'Oh man, you don't ever wanna leave New York.' I don't ever want to stay in New York!
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If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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People think that young people don't care about things, but I think they do care; they just aren't super interested in conforming to what older people think are the right way to do things.
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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Our platform is a one-stop shop, from marketing and promotion through to ticketing. But even in the early days, in 2006-07, when we were mostly carrying shortform video, we became the premier movie marketing platform.
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One must be an inventor to read well. There is then creative reading as well as creative writing.
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With 'Wicked,' I was stepping into a role that I didn't make so that felt like I had more boundaries then I did with 'Carousel.'
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The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.
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I just want to win. I'm a team guy. I just want my team to do well.
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She is made up of depths even the ocean couldn't fathom.
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Yeah, I can't separate the art from the music and the music from the art. I think that stems from going to school for film first, and kind of stumbling onto music as my career.
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One of the things for me, as a biographer, that is so significant is for Eleanor Roosevelt - the child who never had a home of her own, who lives in her grandmother's home and then goes to school and then gets married and lives in her mother-in-law's homes, and then in public housing (like the White House and the State House) - housing becomes for Eleanor Roosevelt the most important issue.
