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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I'm not interested in just beautiful girls and beautiful clothes.
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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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It ain't over till it's over.
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
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Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought they had enough leverage over the U.S. to cross the Straits of Taiwan.
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Individuals and companies that want to be successful in the 21st century will need to be leaders in using the Internet and related technology.
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Try this experiment: Pick a famous movie - 'Casablanca,' say - and summarize the plot in one sentence. Is that plot you just described the thing you remember most about it? Doubtful. Narrative is a necessary cement, but it disappears from memory.
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Hollywood is like Picasso's bathroom.
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A novelist is a man who doesn't like his mother.
