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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One must have a thorough knowledge of anatomy and a good perception of depth for silhouette work. Otherwise they resemble those childish picture cards, snipped out by some fool who doesn't know what he is trying to do.
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At first my publisher had reservations about publishing it in the form you are familiar with.
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Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything else, and if it were to clarify the rules of competition by withdrawing entirely into narrowly defined specialties. The rare scholars who are nomads by choice are essential to the intellectual welfare of the subtle disciplines
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The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.
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I also want to return to doing stand-up. I've become frightened of live audiences. This is a really telling sign that I need to go back on the comedy circuit again.
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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.
