Elaine May Quotes
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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I watch a lot of television. I always have.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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Making films is my hobby. It relaxes me; it is my life, and it's one of the best jobs in the world. I go to work and solve problems, fight robots, kill aliens, and kiss beautiful women. I'm a very lucky man.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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Yeah, I don't like, um, I'm not interested in rock 'n' roll piano. I find it a little grating.
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For me beauty is valued more than anything - the beauty that is manifest in a curved line or in an act of creativity.
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The relationship between husband and wife should be one of closest friends.
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We need to understand what innovation will be built on top of our networks.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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I was lucky. My parents and teachers provided me with a wonderful and secure childhood where I always knew I was loved, valued, and listened to.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.
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I'm particularly happy that the Ronald Reagan Building is both public and private, and embraces his lifelong belief... in free and open trade.
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Luckily, there is a wind of change happening in Hindi cinema. Good work is coming to people who are not conventionally good looking like Ranbir Kapoor or Akshay Kumar.
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The fantastic political and economic burdens imposed by that treaty have entirely disillusioned the German people and annihilated its belief in justice.
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My personal experience has been that in my 25 years of writing, I have not been asked to do more than four or five commercial one-shot scripts. These were performed on major national hook-ups but produced for me no immediate additional jobs or requests. One script for BBC was done around the world with an all-star cast.
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When a man loves a woman, periodically he needs to pull away before he can get closer.
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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe
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The only safe thing is to take a chance.
