Frances Beinecke Quotes
The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.
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I'm crazy about the Coen brothers, I'm crazy about Sean Penn. I love the usual suspects like Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and people like that.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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I am not in politics to make more money.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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I like silence; I'm a gregarious loner and without the solitude, I lose my gregariousness.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
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I've worked hard throughout my entire life, but I don't think all the hard work could have produced the same results without all the genetics I was given.
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And we've got a toaster and everything. So there is no reason for the wedding.
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A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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As a culture, we've all agreed with the opinion that the world should be seen in a certain way, so at 'The Nightly Show,' our chief mission was to disagree with that premise. And to see the world in a way that may not make everybody comfortable. And to present it with a cast of people who don't always get to have a voice on that.
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I saw what religion did to people when I grew up, and I certainly didn't want any part of it. That turned me off it.
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The spirit of rock 'n' roll is alive and well. It kind of just needs to be cultivated a little bit.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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My mother and my grandmother are pioneers of Mexican cuisine in this country, so I grew up in the kitchen. My mom, Zarela Martinez, was by far my biggest influence and inspiration - and toughest critic.
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Take what you can from your dreams, make them as real as anything.
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The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.
