Archibald Cox Quotes
A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues.
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.
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Imagination rules the world.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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I would be a poorer person if the only things I knew were what I had found out for myself.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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The one thing that you simply have to remember all the time that you are there, is that Hollywood is an oriental city. As long as you do that you might survive. If you try to equate it with anything else you'll perish.
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Glamour is about feeling good in your own skin.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm not a middle man.
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I remember once being told by a casting person, years ago, that I shouldn't pursue a career in the business because of the color of my skin. The fact that I remember it today means it stuck with me. I thought that was really stupid advice and advice nobody should ever give someone.
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When you cover the economy as a reporter, there's one part of the job that is always easy: finding economists who disagree.
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Each drawing that I've done, I have found. Meaning, I see a plant I want to draw.
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Indifference is the strongest contempt.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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I think we shouldn't be shy of thinking that we can interpret text like a movie again, depending on the point of view and what we do with it more than anything else. Of course a lot of remakes of important films, particularly of horror films, they suck.
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My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them.
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A great many college graduates come here thinking of lawyers as social engineers arguing the great Constitutional issues.
