Boies Penrose Quotes
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The majority of work I do is in independent films, where you're lucky if you have five takes.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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There is no other way of writing a novel than to begin at the beginning at to continue to the end.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
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I think theatricality is just one way of performing. I don't think it's a better way or the way, but it's my way.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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Once in a while, I still witness occasionally sexist behavior and comments from men (which experience has taught me you should always deflect with humour rather than anger). Old habits die hard, after all, and it's unrealistic to expect dinosaurs to fall silent overnight.
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The common base of all the Semitic creeds, winners or losers, was the ever present idea of world-worthlessness. Their profound reaction from matter led them to preach bareness, renunciation, poverty; and the atmosphere of this invention stifled the minds of the desert pitilessly.
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There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I can do a gig without an instrument.
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In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day.
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Business people across the world are seeing the possibility of Donald Trump being president, and this is a big thing that I believe is inspiring people to put money here in America instead of Germany or other places where we have lot of things going on.
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It's definitely the development that has changed the way Montenegro is seen in the eyes of the world.
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Peace does not mean just to stop wars, but also to stop oppression and injustice.
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Green jobs - those are jobs that feel like new economy jobs; they do require some training.
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Historically, philanthropy has been something that you do when you turn 65, and you are retired, and you have spent your life accumulating your financial resources, and now you finally have time to do it. But because of the Internet revolution, that in turn revolutionized economic growth and wealth generation.
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The America's Cup is like driving your Lamborghini to the Grand Prix track to watch the charter buses race.
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Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law regarding privacy or any provision of the constitution.
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The door that nobody else will go in at, seems always to swing open widely for me.
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My issue in the past with nudity was that these scenes had been written solely for box office draw.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke.
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Public office is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
