Georges Clemenceau Quotes
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All history is defined by shifting modes of reality and time and how things change. That's what I love about cinema. It changes in the moment.
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To deal with what you have to deal with as mayor or president, there has to be an overriding psychological or professional or emotional gratification that would let you go through all the angst.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.
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The best way to change it is to do it. Right? And then after a while you become it, and it's easy.
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There aren't a lot of roles written for women who are strong willed.
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I remember doing the sex scene in Red Rock West. I had to kiss Nic Cage and then look like I was going down on him. And he couldn't do anything - he just had to lie there.
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A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.
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Privatization of the state-owned economy is not yet on the agenda. We cannot do it immediately; my colleagues would not agree to it. But we must put all forms of ownership on an equal footing immediately and let different types of ownership compete with the state firms.
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When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.
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My influences change all the time; they have to remain current, because they're the things that capture your imagination and make you want to go into the studio.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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I would support immediate construction of the Keystone Pipeline.
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I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.
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I swear to the Lord, I still can't see, why Democracy means, everybody but me.
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Before 9/11, I was playing a wide range of characters. I would play a lover, a cop, a father. As long as I could create the illusion of the character, the part was given to me. But after 9/11, something changed. We became the villains, the bad guys. I don't mind to play the bad guy as long as the bad guy has a base.
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I know that I cannot be with a person for three hours without saying at least ten things that would kill me.
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I have a close association with Gen. Petraeus... What you get in Dave Petraeus is a very unique officer, a combination of intelligence, extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding.
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Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?
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I'm inspired when I find out about something that I didn't know was a remake. An example is, of course, stuff like 'The Fly,' or 'The Thing,' or even 'The Blob.' For our generation, all those things, whether it was 'The Blob' or 'The Fly' or something else, we had no idea they were remakes.
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I usually lump organized religion, organized labor, and organized crime together. The Mafia gets points for having the best restaurants
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Before you lay a foundation on the cricket field, there should be a solid foundation in your heart and you start building on that. After that as you start playing more and more matches, you learn how to score runs and how to take wickets.
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If they [at the audition] don't like the way you sound they won't buy you anyway, ripped dress or no ripped dress, ass hanging out or no ass hanging out.
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What is said behind my back is said to my ass.
