Georges Simenon Quotes
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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
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Sundance is going to be a defining moment in my life. But the unfortunate thing about Sundance is, when you have a film there, you can't have the opportunity to see other films.
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I made all my generals out of mud.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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Stand-up will always be my first love, and it has been the primary way I've expressed myself since I was 17.
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Los Angeles was great fun because it was the polar opposite of Moscow in 1980. It was sunny and bright, lots of colours around, whereas Moscow was dark and oppressive.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.
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I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented refrigerator.
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The incentive that you give to your youth is going to be the make-or-break future of the country.
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I read pretty eclectically - fiction, non-fiction, and poetry - and I've been inspired and influenced by a number of writers.
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If you're in your early 20s and you're hanging out with a bunch of other people in their early 20s, nobody has a sense of the kinds of problems that real 'workers' run into every day. They're running into a completely different set of problems like 'What's the party going on right now that I should be going to?'
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The entertainment industry is pretty nuts, and having had that experience outside of it and going to university has really made a big difference. It's important to me to feel like I have my own life.
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I want to be able, as days go by, always to look myself straight in the eye.
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There's always that stigma of, 'Women shouldn't box,' or stereotypes of what a female boxer should look like. I don't think the men really have to deal with that - to tell people they're a boxer.
Mandy Bujold -
Proving I'm a good mother is the one achievement I'm most proud of. It's brought out the best in me.
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The piece I most love wearing is Mother's gold brocade cocktail dress with matching jacket... It's 'flip and flirty,' as my mother prescribed. It's crisp yet splendid. It makes me feel I've put on made-to-order armor. My mother's armor. Armor that helped shield me from exclusion. Armor that helped shield me from inferiority.
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A novelist is a man who doesn't like his mother.
