R. J. Cutler Quotes
There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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When I was going through puberty, I had all these feelings of being unstable through those years, and being uncontrollably drawn to things of beauty and things that are bad.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I should say many things. Mexico has been one of the losers of the 20th century. We tried many different alternatives to development and unfortunately we have 40 percent of the population poor; we have a per capita income that is extremely low.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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I think I'm telling the truth. I sat by Ray Perkins at the Hall of Fame dinner in New York, and at that time he didn't know he was our coach and I didn't either.
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You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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I think a book should be judged 10 years later, after reading and re-reading it.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to the societies we live in.
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Times change and we should change and grow, and yet be proud of our legacy.
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From the moment we were first dumped in Jamestown and had our teeth checked before getting sold off and later considered three-fifths of a human being, an abundance of 'likability' hasn't been something blacks have had to stockpile. Instead, it's been a centuries-long battle for respectability.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
