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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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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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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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few.
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I think most people have creative ideas and have very strange, unorthodox impulses of things that they can do with their lives. I've had many of these over the years, but I decided the more important question was, 'When did I start calling this art?'
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I love hotels for their solitude and comfort, but I believe a seedy one can have as much promise as a plush one.
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I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.
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If any human being is to reach full maturity both the masculine and feminine sides of the personality must be brought up into consciousness.
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I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn't exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end up miserable. But it makes me a better writer.
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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.
