Jack Layton Quotes
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.
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Can a moment of madness make up for an age of consent?
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I think, in general, when you're doing comedy, you're having a good time regardless of the comedy table tennis that you're playing. I think you want that, too: you're rooting for two characters to be together, and you should feel that even when they're angry at each other, they're still in synch with each other.
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I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
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If I'm not writing well, I'm not happy. If I'm not spending enough time with my family, I'm not happy. If I'm not connecting to friends or if I don't work out enough... You get the point. Everything has to be balanced. Nothing should be an extreme.
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For very long, I wasn't able to find a place for myself in movies. After my initial success, I didn't know how to capitalise on it.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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Sometimes a time dictates what a film will be. Sometimes a film dictates what the time will be.
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Originally I was supposed to do Grand Prix, but I was under contract to 20th Century Fox at that time and Alex North was supposed to do Sand Pebbles, but he got sick, so Fox preempted me out of Grand Prix, and to my good fortune, I got to do Sand Pebbles. It was my first time working with Robert Wise and it was a great experience.
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I want to thank the many Missourians who have reached out to me and asked me to consider running for the United States Senate.
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Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.
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I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know.
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Well, I say it's time to take Stephen Harper to the woodshed!
