Lee Atwater Quotes
My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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I was not getting work, even after auditioning for films. So I started working in a studio as a photographer; I assisted a cinematographer for two ads. I was thinking that I will get into photography or cinematography or assist someone. But then the 'Dangal' offer came, and I was busy with the auditions.
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I do feel as if... Look, I think I'm a very kind of ordinary person, and it seems to me that things that are of interest to me will probably be of interest to other people. I'm not exceptional; I don't have exceptional thoughts.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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What a pity human beings can't exchange problems. Everyone knows exactly how to solve the other fellow's.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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I treat the camera like a person - I gaze into it. Photos are a flat thing, and you need to put life into them.
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People in Hollywood are going make pictures where ever it's the least expensive to make them.
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Which country in the world has the kind of talent India has in numbers?
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Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.
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If we could create invention capitalism, that would be a helluva legacy, that would be a helluva thing to do... We could actually turbocharge the rate at which the world invents things.
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I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.
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I want to make music, I want to act, I want to sing, I want to do something that doesn't make my skin erupt.
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I like cooking the biggest steaks. It cooks nice and evenly when it's that thick, and you're not eating the whole thing yourself, which is nice. You get to share that with a companion.
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I try to have each book be an antidote to the one before.
Colson Whitehead -
When I started writing I was a great rationalist and believed I was absolutely in control. But the older one gets, the more confused, and for an artist I think that is quite a good thing: you allow in more of your instinctual self; your dreams, fantasies and memories. It's richer, in a way.
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I had a really good time with Martha Stewart, who also is somebody I really admire a lot. I've learned a lot from her and I think all of America has, about attention to detail and using fresh ingredients and making things beautiful and special.
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Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time. But I'll cut off my hand before I ever reach for you again.
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My childhood, adolescence and high school days are unusually important. If there has ever been a time that I developed a uniqueness and sense of humor and the ability to organize, it was then. In those early days, I developed the skills that gave me a certain degree of success in American politics.
