Bennett Miller Quotes
I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have talent, but who are ready to break new ground and really be cracked open in a new way.
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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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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We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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Um, well, I made a new CD called 'Dream With Me' and it's out now, and I'm really excited about it.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I am a scientist. Mine is a professional world that achieves great things for humanity.
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I'm the girl who will show up in jeans no matter what - but the jeans can get fancier and fancier.
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Burberry was about building a relationship. But it was always about selling an amazing product that you would have forever. Apple is just a deeper relationship with a much broader constituency. Because it's everybody.
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Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent.
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I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.
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Writers seem mesmerized by the state - the temporal entity. The word 'perestroika' is impressed somehow on our minds. But that is not the duty of a writer.
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I want to work with performers who really are ready to lose their minds, you know? People who are established and have talent, but who are ready to break new ground and really be cracked open in a new way.
