Ira Sachs Quotes
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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You don't have to become Mother Teresa to make an impact in the world. But nothing can be achieved if, at the very least, we are not talking about it.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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If you're expecting an intellectual film, then you will be disappointed.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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I'm a conservative Republican, small-business guy, married to same gal - love of my life - for 36 years. Strong family man, deacon at my church; I believe in America. I know government is not the answer; individual liberty and personal responsibility is the answer.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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Whenever I'm asked to autograph a copy of 'Nudge,' the book I wrote with Cass Sunstein, the Harvard law professor, I sign it, 'Nudge for good.' Unfortunately, that is meant as a plea, not an expectation.
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Since taking office, President Obama has worked to restore a positive vision of American leadership in the world - leadership defined, not by the threats and dangers that we will oppose, but by the security, opportunity and dignity that America advances in partnership with people around the world.
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In the West we have a tendency to be profit-oriented, where everything is measured according to the results and we get caught up in being more and more active to generate results. In the East-especially in India – I find that people are more content to just be, to just sit around under a banyan tree for half a day chatting to each other. We Westerners would probably call that wasting time. But there is value to it. Being with someone, listening without a clock and without anticipation of results, teaches us about love. The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving.
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
