Arthur Miller Quotes
The job is to ask questions - it always was - and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.
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I'm Cuban, so I know a lot of people who act like vampires. But wait, vampires have to be invited to your house, so maybe they are nothing like Latinos!
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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I never had teenage years. I guess because I was seen to be more adult than anybody around me.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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Jean Piaget observed that scarcely any question seems absurd to a child, but he was silent on the question of absurd answers from adults.
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I've never had to compromise myself for a job, ever.
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It was always my desire to strike new ground and help to lend weight where it was most required.
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Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.
Garry Kasparov -
I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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Project Xanadu is essentially my trademark. It was originally, and has returned to my arms as that.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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I just had fun making the movies - just being on set - but I didn't really care about the acting part.
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I do not want to be sheriff of Hillsborough County, seriously.
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There's no religious test in our country, and there shouldn't be. We're an open, competitive society.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
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My schedule is completely different doing a play than it is doing a movie, and I actually think it's a much harder schedule because you've got to do it eight times a week and you've got to do it good eight times a week and with different kinds of audiences who are cold or drunk or tired, whatever it is.
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The politics of Europe is unimaginative and bureaucratic.
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There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a lot. So I applied to 30 different jobs and got rejected. I went for a job with the police; they said, 'You're no good.' I even went to KFC when it came to my city. Twenty-four people went for the job. Twenty-three were accepted.
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I am prepared to admit that when it comes to dealing with the House and Senate leaders, Obama is terrible. But he's great with the public. Which hates the House and Senate as much as he does.
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I only have one note, let's be honest. But I'll play a different version of that one note.
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The job is to ask questions - it always was - and to ask them as inexorably as I can. And to face the absence of precise answers with a certain humility.
