Edward Burns Quotes
I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.
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If you go to India the roads are being built almost entirely with private sector money and by the private sector. If you look at many, many countries in Europe that's how they're doing it.
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There are lots of films I wish stopped at installment number one. I like 'Back to the Future Part II' and 'Part III' enough, but I still like the ending of the first one better.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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I kinda like the idea of having an album that's all me.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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The important thing is to be there, score when needed. It's better if the goals are beautiful, better still if they are important.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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I train as hard as I can every time I train and I do extra training every day and I've done that since I was a young boy.
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power.
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Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
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I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
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You got to be rigorous in your appraisal system. The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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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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A good example of how it must have been is today's world of conducting, which is still utterly dominated by men, and the prejudice the few female conductors have to battle even today is astounding.
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Leaders in an interconnected organization must be comfortable sitting in the middle of a network, not at the top of an org-chart.
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I think it's real easy to look at what's out there and get discouraged. I was never the best-looking guy, I was never the Tom Cruise-looking guy. I think the biggest thing I can say is, 'Don't compare yourself.'
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Steve Carell is good. I like him. Who else? Here's another depressing thing: animation has kind of taken over, too. You know, 'Family Guy?' I watch that because the guy is good.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
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The threat that ISIL presents and poses to the United States is very different in kind, in type and degree than al Qaeda.
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I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.
