Arthur Miller Quotes
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I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.
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I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only trip I took in my whole childhood. We stepped off a metro train and were approached by a talent scout who told me that she wanted to sign me to her modeling agency.
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Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I think the only way to maintain profitability is to meet the needs of the customers.
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All art is exorcism. I paint dreams and visions too; the dreams and visions of my time. Painting is the effort to produce order; order in yourself. There is much chaos in me, much chaos in our time.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
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I want to be respected as an actor. There's my ego. But I don't have a great need to be liked by an audience.
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If there's an incursion I don't go out of the house.
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Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.
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The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.
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I swam very competitively till I was 15, then I swam for fun until I was 18. But athletics remain a very big part of my life. I try to keep that as much in balance with work as I can.
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The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.
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Even in the tough times, He's still a good God.
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For me, good service is efficient and discreet; it's that critical balance. As soon as the client sits down, the communication flow has to start. Customers need to feel that the waiters are supervised - that there's a system in place.
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English was great because I could just write my opinion, and that was good enough. I was terrible in Math, even though I had amazing Math teachers. My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education.
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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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It was a fun game to watch. Everybody just came together. Chris just did a great job of putting everybody on his back.
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It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice.
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In fact, pro wrestling is strong.
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The focus on male politicians extends beyond clothes, legs, and pretty faces. It's hard to find an article about former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich that doesn't mention his mop.
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I found out a lot of stuff through MTV, and I didn't even have cable, I just saw it at friends' houses. But my culture in junior high was totally influenced by it.
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Without alienation, there can be no politics.
