Patrick Ewing Quotes
New York is a passionate city. They want a winner. They deserve a winner. I think we did an outstanding job of bringing it back.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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When I was younger we had a grape arbor, and my mom would go out and pick grapes and make grape jam in the sink - boil it, put it in jars, and give it away as gifts.
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At least I want to be making films that are somehow born out of me that are stories I want to tell. The challenge is figuring out how to do it where you can make them personal, yet still deliver to an audience a film experience that is satisfying and emotional, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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The nation... doesn't simply need what we have. It needs what we are.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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I can't even be around children. It's a problem. My ovaries start screaming.
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You can't write a screenplay if you've been doing a zero-hours contract. Which means that the people who write drama, the people who commission dramas, and the people who direct dramas all come from a small circle of society.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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I think Hugh Laurie is awesome. You just want to loathe that guy in 'House' because he is not a friendly person, but somehow or another, he is profoundly charming.
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You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.
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Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.
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I'm a collecting maniac and I buy a lot of books and records. I have over thousand cds.
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The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
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New Yorkers are tired of hearing about my personal life.
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I like to discover new things.
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I, uh...I have a television, so I'm going to spend some time here to tell you some things. [To orchestra conductor:] And, and...and sir, you're doing a great job, but you're so quick with that stick, so why don't you sit. 'Cause I may never be here again.'
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An unforgettable experience happened on December 15, 1996 when I won the Supermodel contest while still in school. I was just seventeen years old then. Winning that competition was the turning point of my life. That's how I got into modeling and later started acting.
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New York is a passionate city. They want a winner. They deserve a winner. I think we did an outstanding job of bringing it back.
