Austan Goolsbee Quotes
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When I lead essay workshops, I ask students to come up with at least five topics, which they'll narrow down to one. The winning idea should be the story the student is most excited to tell because it honestly reflects his or her best self.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.
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The words of truth are always paradoxical.
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I remember my very first audition for a film. I was in Seattle. They were taping the session, and I just went crazy. The director finally said, 'Zoe, what are you doing? The camera's right here. Just talk to me.' And it took that director saying that to me to change everything.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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By and large my relations with the US were good.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I really am a woman at peace.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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We should all love animals.
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A lot of times people hide their quirks when they're first getting to know a person.
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I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do?
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I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.
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I'm not hiding anything. What you see is what you get.
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When you're in a black group, you have to keep in mind you're not black. You just have to be sensitive. We have to be appreciative that the black nationalist struggle is a nationalist struggle.
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The magic of creation has always fascinated me.
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I would have quit before I went rock-n-roll. I know one way, and that's natural, and when I can't make it, I'll come home and stay. I believe in my music.
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For every company that sees the value of their capital go up, there's another company that has been disrupted, and the value of their capital gets marked down because it's not going to compete in the same way.
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On 9/11, those of us who do the jobs that I do, flew without a net for hour and hour and hour after end. And then you hope and pray that you've had the experience to be up to it. Because then you're editor, analyst, reporter, correspondent, ringmaster, the whole thing.
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My parents had two rules: You had to go to college, and you had to pay for it yourself. So we all did.
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If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.
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Yes, prices go up in health care. They have been doing so for 80 straight years.
