Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Quotes
Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
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The more I go on in this career of making albums, writing songs and playing music, the more I think of each album as a movie. I really wanted to make a film, but making a film is much more expensive than making a record.
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I've been super impressed with what BuzzFeed has done on Facebook with inspiring list posts and on Twitter with political scoops, but YouTube is a giant social platform that has its own quirks and oddities and will require some new approaches.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
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Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that.
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I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.
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I am proud of my career.
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I'm a stand-up comic. I'm always doing dates; it's just that, if I'm working on a project or I'm busy, I can't get out on the road or book any shows. Since the beginning of my career, I'm usually out for at least 10-15 dates throughout the year. If I have time, then I try to get at least 30-40 dates.
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I really have no preference between TV and film. I think that each individual project is its own thing and has a very different style.
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I've given just as much of my life to that, and I practiced it with the same zeal, as I have acting. And I think that many of my skill sets from being a housewife I used for producing. Because you don't stop until it's done.
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Peace is its own reward.
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I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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Working with great people makes you great; you learn a lot and it also gives you the experience and confidence to move on with your own career.
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In 2008, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work done on a molecule called green fluorescent protein that was isolated from the bioluminescent chemistry of a jellyfish, and it's been equated to the invention of the microscope in terms of the impact that it has had on cell biology and genetic engineering.
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I'm a career prosecutor. I have been trained, and my experience over decades, is to make decisions after a review of the evidence and the facts. And not to jump up with grand gestures before I've done that. Some might interpret that as being cautious. I would tell you that's just responsible.
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I've only used my own voice about four times on film.
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T.I.'s my mentor; he's a really close friend of mine. I call him my brother like we talk on the phone all the time. He's helped me with my career.
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What being a socialist means is... that you hold out... a vision of society where poverty is absolutely unnecessary, where international relations are not based on greed... but on cooperation... where human beings can own the means of production and work together rather than having to work as semi-slaves to other people who can hire and fire.
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Compassion is so pure, I don't think there is any way to taint it.
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I'm happy to work with Democrats. After all, they have to represent their districts just as I have to represent mine.
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The Word of God can be in the mind without being in the heart; but it cannot be in the heart without first being in the mind.
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Looking back, video game design seems a natural fit, although there was no such thing when I was growing up. I built a Tic-Tac-Toe playing machine in my teens which went up in smoke on the night it was scheduled to go to a science fair.
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Some of the regrets I've had about my own career are things I have not done that I should have done. More than some of the things that I've done.
