Elia Kazan Quotes
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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You see, O Greeks! The enemy already acknowledge the country to be ours; for when they made peace with us, they stipulated that we should not burn the country belonging to the king, and now they set fire to it themselves, as if they looked upon it no longer as their own.
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I'm half-black, half-white, so I basically put it like this: I can fit in anywhere. That's why I write so many stories from so many different perspectives, because I've seen so many.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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You never know when your future wife might be in the stands.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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Gov. Perry has led the way in Texas on creating an environment for job growth.
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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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At the end of the day, I'd love to see children stop begging their parents to go to the circus. That's what would make me most happy.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
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Unlike President Obama, I am not afraid to state, without a wink or a nod, that the government has no right to tell us who we can marry or not marry.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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It takes having your golf peak four different times throughout the year. You have to like all four golf courses. You've got to be the best of that week for the four weeks.
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It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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If you are working with high quality products, you can elevate the flavors more by cooking it at a low temperature than you can by searing it.
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I look at you and you look at me and deep in our hearts know it That you weren't much of a muse, but then I weren't much of a poet...
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Uninfluenced by others, he never knew he influenced them; he had no idea they liked him.
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I am really terrible when it comes to guys. Inside, I just see myself as this overweight tomboy with funny-coloured hair and bad skin.
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I believe that the Internet is the information highway. I'm religious about this. I don't think it's cable television.
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You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.
