Albert S. Ruddy Quotes
I'd rather deal with a Mob guy shaking hands on a deal than a Hollywood lawyer, who, the minute you get the contract signed, is trying to figure out how to screw you.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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The U.S. won the majors 29-11 in the 1980s. That's when Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus were carrying the ball, and when Seve Ballesteros was becoming a Brit in the minds of English and Scottish journalists.
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You know, the Brits had a way of - running an empire. And I don't think America is comfortable with an empire.
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Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
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I personally don't think ginger men have a habit of being attractive. We have to make ourselves seem attractive by doing stuff.
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I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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I love sport and will do just about anything. Someone said they'd had a go at skiing off a mountain with a parachute, and that sounds great!
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I write and rewrite and rewrite and write and like to turn in what I think is finished work.
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To be honest, I enjoy all different types of films and experiences.
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My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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Daring is not safe against daring men.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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I've had four children and I've done a good job and I'm happy in life.
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In 2010, I was doing pretty well. I was going to go to graduate school.
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My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.
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I am 'Mr. Karaoke Guy' in the car completely. I just go with it and don't care what anyone else thinks - I'm singing, man!
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I'm the last guy left. That's what happens when you live to 84.
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It's really an interesting problem, trying to earn a living and serve art and serve kids. What I try to create are these visual layers so that readers feel the possibility exists that there might be something in the book they never saw before.
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I don't think you need to be so result-oriented when you're trying to define the success of an art work. I think we can allow some unpredictability.
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I'd rather deal with a Mob guy shaking hands on a deal than a Hollywood lawyer, who, the minute you get the contract signed, is trying to figure out how to screw you.
