Edgar Allan Poe Quotes
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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Being a 911 operator means balancing seemingly contradictory skills. On one hand, operators have to be fanatically precise and well-organized. On the other, they must be able to establish rapport with panicky callers.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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I tend to have a lot of jokes about ex-girlfriends. They always ask me if they will be the subject of a joke, and I always tell them they won't. Unless they do something crazy. They all tend to, so you know where that goes. There are no closed doors. The 'art' will suffer.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
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I won't be in gay parades - I don't think they need them. I believe in class - I believe that people should have a bit of class about them.
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Where I'm from is like 'Hustle & Flow' versus '8 Mile.' It's that really grimy, box-Chevy, dope-boy, working-class music.
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Secrecy is one of the shadier sides of private and public life.
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I think the one that's going to be the hardest to make into a film is the one that's probably going to be made into a film, which is 'The Art of Racing in the Rain.' I mean, it's narrated by a dog. How do you do that? But hopefully we'll get to see.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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I didn't come from the elites. I didn't come from the Northeast or from San Francisco. I came from a southern Ohio steel town, and it's a town that's really struggling in a lot of ways, ways that are indicative of the broader struggles of America's working class.
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I love when I'm writing and I'm cringing because I know I'm doing something right.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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There are several very good websites which describe the details of preparedness planning for citizens.
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I've been privileged to meet presidents and sing at inaugurations and other political events.
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I don't actually sit down and write, but I just have a lot of different ideas about films and making movies.
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I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders.
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It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former Soviet bloc countries are less trusting, perhaps because of their previous experiences with their countries' secret services.
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My greatest wish is to write in such a manner that all may think they have written it themselves.
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I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.
