Amy Bloom Quotes
Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things.
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I was born and brought up in Chennai, as the entire Telugu film industry was based there.
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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Before breaking into music, I had various jobs: forklift driver, driving a courier. But I was forced into working rather than doing it off my own bat because that was my dad's way: you got a job and paid your way.
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When I look at acting careers that I really admire, I see that it's been a precise decision-making process for these people. They make decisions based on what they love, and they do only the things that they are passionate about. They play only characters that they can't stop thinking about.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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Growing up in Nashville, especially in a music business family, means growing up with knowledge that seems like common sense until later in life when you realize people spend thousands of dollars a semester trying to learn or pretending to learn while looking for some intern job on music row.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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I'm very much against war; I'm very much against terrorism of any kind. I find terrorism to be one of the most appalling things that can exist in society.
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By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.
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My favorite ski slope is the kind that winds up at the cafeteria. My children, though, usually insist that I get out and take on a few expert runs, in a game called 'Let's See if We Can Get Our Inheritance Early.'
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Even Karaoke needs higher standards than I can reach, so I have gone great lengths to avoid being bullied into it.
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In the U.S., these sights are no longer a surprise to me. I see army generals, captains of industry, and politicians of all colours and creeds on American television.
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Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.
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There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
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I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.
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Bad people doing bad things is not interesting. What I find interesting is good people doing bad things.
