Edward Zwick Quotes
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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No one likes to be criticized, of course, but if the things we successfully strive for do not make our future selves happy, or if the things we unsuccessfully avoid do, then it seems reasonable (if somewhat ungracious) for them to cast a disparaging glance backward and wonder what the hell we were thinking.
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As chief elections officer, it's my job to protect the integrity of the ballot.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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When I think of influential females in hip-hop, my mind goes to Foxy Brown, hands down.
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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A lot of people in the media, and some everyday people, really aren't in search of the truth. They're in search of something worse than that. Money, yeah. I think the media's the kind of a thing where the truth doesn't win, because it's no fun. The truth's no fun.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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I try to write relevant songs about life and whatever I'm going through and whatever people are going through.
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I find that you learn from others. It's very much about watching TV and watching movies for me and grasping that way and watching other people act.
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I liked to be around my friends, but my dad was out there, day in and day out.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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How can we have our privacy? How can we have our independence now in these times with these cameras? Because I think privacy and our solitude is really important.
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My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary.
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The tax relief package enacted in 2001 was central to pulling the economy out of the post 9-11 recession. It's the reason we've got low unemployment and have created more than two million jobs in the last year.
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OVOXO will always be there.
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If the U.S. doubled its total immigration and prioritized bringing in new workers, it could add more than half a percentage point a year to expected GDP growth.
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Remind yourself that other people's jobs aren't so simple.
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We are seeing a working-class, a middle class, which over the last three decades has seen their wages and income stagnate, while the very rich have seen their tax burden lighten in ways not seen in three or four decades. It's a face of a country that we need to look at and understand that inequality is perhaps the greatest threat to our economic recovery and democracy, and in that context we must take action.
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One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.
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I've always been drawn to all sorts of genres and all sorts of voices.
