George W. Buck Quotes
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I don't choose to make movies as small as the movies I've made. The combined budget of my two films is far under $5 million, but it's just by necessity that it ends up being that way.
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Questions structure and, so, to some extent predetermine answers.
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I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.
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In some families, parents don't read or don't have the money to spend on books.
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I guess that I'm primarily thought of as a rocker, largely because of 'Frankenstein' being such a heavy song - you know, it was really hard rock, almost a precursor of heavy metal and just the image of the synthesizer. I happened to be the first guy to get the idea of putting a strap on the keyboard.
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Most of us do more than subsist. From the vantage point of our ancestors, we live lives of almost unimaginable ease. Here again, we have innovation to thank.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.
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I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.
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It's a trip but it hasn't crossed over to the point where women are throwing their panties at me.
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Over the past few years, the road to confrontation has shown its consequences: loss of innocent lives, destruction and fear. Most costly, however, was the loss of hope. The most precious gift that you can present to your peoples over the coming weeks is renewed hope born out of tangible progress on the ground.
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It's kind of my whole philosophy as an actor. I think that's what we're supposed to do is play a wide range of characters - or it's just what I like to do, I should say. I like to try to be as different as I can from one thing to the next.
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Watch the costs and the profits take care of themselves.
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Basically, a human being is a social animal. So, if you create some short moment of happiness for people, you get deep satisfaction.
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When I sold my flat in Glasgow, I bought a little cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. Whenever we go up from London to stay there, I'm just like, 'I'm home! I'm home in Bronte-land!'
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I enjoy science, and I'm a very curious person. I always want to know the reason behind everything, big or small.
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I am so secure in who I am. I really am! And I'm not conceited. I just think, 'Wow, okay, that's the life you want to live.' It wasn't about who he chose. I mean, I had moments, 'Am I not sexy enough? Am I not pretty enough? Am I not smart enough?' But in so many of those questions, I immediately stopped and said, 'No, don't start doing that.' Because you can get stuck in that cycle and you can carry on to other things.
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There are no dumb questions, but there are plenty of people who give dumb answers.
