Barack Obama Quotes
There aren't a lot of situations where I look back and I say, The decision I actually made or the course we actually pursued was the wrong course.
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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I would see anything by Antony Gormley.
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I think acting, for me, is about play. It's about time, and it's about feeling, like there's a story to tell and I can tell it through my body and my voice.
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When you multitask, you believe you're being exceptionally productive, but really, you're fooling yourself. Each time you switch tasks, you have to backtrack a little and remind yourself where you are in the process and what's next. Invariably. you are spending twice as much time on parts of the task.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.
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Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room.
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All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!
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Personally, I don't trust people who go out of their way to state they never read or watch horror and insist there's something wrong with those of us who do.
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If I could play drums like Patrick Carney or Taylor Hawkins, I'd be a really happy person.
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If I'm doing comedy, I try to improvise a lot. Even if they don't use it, it helps me loosen up and figure out the character.
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It's always uncomfortable for me when I take off my shirt. No one else is taking their shift off. Why is everyone else in these movies bundled up in layers of clothing and I'm taking my clothes off all the time?
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I needed something to challenge myself a little more. I found fighting, and it completely fit my personality.
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I basically only read books that are over 2,000 years old.
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At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
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My book 'The Exciting Adventures of Boo' was first published when I was fifteen. It is a children's book with ten different stories. In each story, the main character Boo learns a lesson - one of the ten most important lessons I learned as a kid. I also donated all the money from my books I personally sold to my local ASPCA Animal Shelter.
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I'm normally the least busy person I know.
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Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.
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Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.
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At my age I'm envious of a stiff wind.
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This is a test case of a casino going under the radar that is doing extremely well, there is no other destination I know where the junket and casino organize 25 charter flights a week from China.
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There aren't a lot of situations where I look back and I say, The decision I actually made or the course we actually pursued was the wrong course.
