Oscar Niemeyer Quotes
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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Cottonmouth is the result of having to react to his circumstances. He had to, in some ways, take control of the situation and own his circumstances. But as a result of that, he became a person he didn't intend to become.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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The hardest thing about being an unpublished writer is that there's always that voice in your head that asks if you're really being a fool. You might just really stink and not know it. You have to have a lot of blind faith in the process. You have to like it so much that you're going to do it anyway.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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China's development is an opportunity for the international community, for Japan and for the Asia-Pacific.
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The more activity around Chicago-based companies, and the more success that entrepreneurs have in Chicago, the better we as venture capitalists in Chicago will do.
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There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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I will never do a record without some sense of responsibility.
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It's just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.
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I love my family and I miss them very much but I'm a new person now. I know a lot of people will not agree with what I've done, but it was right for me.
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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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Gravy is persistently plagued by two problems. Problem number one - skin. And problem number two - lumps.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.
