Arthur Laurents Quotes
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The main threat to the future of Europe is not those who want to come here to live but our own political, economic, and intellectual elites bent on transforming Europe against the clear will of the European people.
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The fact is, beneath the hype, Iraqis will soon appreciate American help and idealism far more than French perfidy. It is never wrong to be on the side of freedom - never.
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If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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It's not my job to be popular. I'm goal-driven; my job is to get results.
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I think you just have to accept the fact that no one lives forever, and eventually things are going to come to an end, whether it's a TV show or life.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Unrequited affection is very painful for the lover, but it can have unexpected, creative consequences.
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It's really important to me not to be a snob about age division or about genre or whatever. The story needs to be what the story needs to be.
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My body believes a famine is imminent and has begun stocking up on provisions. These supplies are being stored around my waistline. I've tried explaining to my stomach that this is entirely unnecessary: I've never once, not even when I was in college and more broke than the E.U., done any actual starving.
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My whole plan in my head has always been, if I go a year without acting, it's time to go home; it's time to go back to Montreal.
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My music is based on melody and when I play the piano, it's as if I'm singing with them. When you try to transform that into a vocal, there was very little adjustment.
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Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.
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Over the years, I've learnt from co-actors, directors, technicians, and even from junior artists.
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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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Low marginal tax rates are supportive of economic growth. I would submit that we would want to look very hard at government spending - make sure it's controlled - before we raise taxes, which, in turn, would have negative impacts on the economy.
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...what I feel we ought to do at this juncture is to dash off somewhere where it's quiet and there aren't so many housesdancing the 'Blue Danube' and shove some tea into ourselves. And over the pot and muffins I shall have something veryimportant to say to you.
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I think all of us want to work and get paid what we are worth.
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Closing Bell is unlike any play I've written.
