Samuel Johnson Quotes
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
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During the late '20s my father left us. My mother was in a complete hole with no money, and we were evicted.
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Sometimes I'd say what's bad for the country is good for my business, unfortunately.
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I always think of my films within the context of where aesthetics meet economics. That's the nature of making art - not being naive about what is possible and getting what you need to tell the story you want to tell.
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Another occupation might have been better.
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Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
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Jim Thompson understood something about the serial killer before the psychology caught up to it, which is that they are detached to it and they do want to get caught.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural beings, immortals, the dead... these are all people to me.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.
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I feel that if you shelter your kids from everything, one day they are going to be out in the world on their own, and they are going to have to figure it out. You can't give them a test if you never taught them anything that's on the test. They're going to fail.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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As much as we would like to deny it, reading is not vital to human survival.
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It's a funny thing about cities: Some have brief, bright moments of cultural and political dominance, decades- or centuries-long spells when they seem the center of their particular nation, or region, or empire... only to later fall into obscurity and disrepair, never to regain their former glory.
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I didn't watch a lot of TV growing up; I watched more films.
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You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
