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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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The most inspiring objects are books. I have about 5,000 volumes in my home library. It's an unending source of visuals and ideas.
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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 don't find acting and directing schizophrenic in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.
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You can't use your camera as a shield against human suffering.
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As a teen, every major moment was preempted by a torturous, hours-long hair-straightening session. Sleek, silky strands made me feel prettier. And the truth is, I was completely clueless about how to deal with my curls! When they weren't flatironed into submission for special occasions, they were practically glued down with gobs of gel.
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As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand.
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So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman and senator is to pave local parking lots and build local sewer plants. These parochial interests are getting in the way of the national interests.
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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.
