Ovid Quotes
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With the decline of America's global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers.
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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I like to catch fish and release them. I probably haven't killed a fish that I've caught in sport fishing for 20 years. No reason to kill it. You know, just take it and release it.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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Sometimes when you do interviews, it gets twisted up.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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You know, children philosophize more than adults - and they are critical of adults.
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Nothing's better than coming away from a film when people don't even recognize you, because you've undergone a total transformation.
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You don't despair about something like the Middle East, you just do the best you can.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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Mrs. Obama is not a great beauty. But she is so interesting-looking - so bright. That will always take you farther.
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When I first ran for Congress, I went to my daughter Alexandra, who was going to be a senior in high school, and said: 'I have a chance to run. I may not win, but I'd be gone three nights a week. So, if you want me to stay, I'll be happy to.' And do you know what she said to me? 'Mother, get a life!'
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We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are our diseases.
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In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.
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There's always a dinner to go to. There're always loads of people around. I was having fun working with my friends. For a while it all just kind of rolled together in a great way.
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Let your hook be always cast. In the pool where you least expect it, will be fish.
