Elia Kazan Quotes
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I've always - honestly - never thought of myself as an independent director.
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I think the key for any kind of artist - and this transcends music - is a certain degree of authenticity and sincerity.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.
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I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.
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I've been focused on detecting nuclear terrorism at ports, in cargo containers, and I developed and built detectors that are extremely cheap and also very sensitive. My other big development is a system to produce medical isotopes that are injected into patients and used to diagnose and treat cancer.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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Sunseeker is well placed to take full advantage of opportunities in China, one of the world's fastest growing luxury yacht markets.
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The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips.
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I get a lot of people saying to me, 'Oh, you're the actor who plays the nutters,' and I'm not. I'm the guy who plays human beings. I understand why the characters are doing what they're doing. When you play a villain, you don't play a villain: you play a human being doing what he thinks he needs to do to get what he wants.
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Hairdressers call me dark blonde, but I think they're wrong. I feel far more naturally confident blonde. My mum's blonde, my sister's platinum blonde. I thought, 'When I grow up, that's what I'm going to look like.'
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Washington presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and is often credited with its success. But he had no known part in drafting its provisions.
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Transsexualism is far less common than homosexuality, and the research is in its infancy. Scattered studies have looked at brain activity, finger size, familial recurrence, and birth order.
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I used to find great difficulty in drawing feet.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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I think when everyone found out I was Moana, we got banana bread practically every night of the week. Aside from that, it's been really normal!
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I think that at heart I am an old-fashioned Chinese, really I am.
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There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.
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One of the great upsides about comedy is that you're dealing with really lovely, fun material.
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You don't want to give kids an idea that they might not have thought of.
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I didn't have that much confidence. Maybe it looks that way. I'm glad it does.
