Marc Platt Quotes
What makes 'A Christmas Story' universal, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, is that you recognize that family... It's ultimately about a family being glued together for the holiday season.
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If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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I had always dreamed of winning Wimbledon and when it happened it was very stressful. It was more of a relief!
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If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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I am a writer of the textbooks of scientology.
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My motto is that the audience should notice the actors, not the clothes.
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I like to do Pilates.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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I just like movies that somehow expose the world in a way that's different than you imagine it.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.
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I firmly believe that intuitive or symbolic sight is not a gift but a skill - a skill based in self-esteem.
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I didn't have a very religious family.
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What makes 'A Christmas Story' universal, whether you celebrate Christmas or not, is that you recognize that family... It's ultimately about a family being glued together for the holiday season.
