Curtis Sliwa Quotes
People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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Everybody thinks they deserve something.
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A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
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I'm an actress, not a pinup.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I completely get the drag thing.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
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I have never had the ambition to be famous for nothing. You have to do something with your life.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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You can't say what the outcome of a competition is going to be, so now I am ready to accept any result that comes my way, if I give my best shot.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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'Visitation' reflects the era of the absentee father; 'parent time' influences the re-emergence of the involved father. 'Visitation' reflects the destruction of the family; 'parent time' influences the reconstruction of the family. 'Parent time' influences an era that understands that as either parents loses, so lose the children.
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I don't like kissing on camera. It's bad enough to be caught kissing by your parents. But when you have a whole crew watching you, it's a little weird.
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I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope.
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My function is, as objectively and accurately as I can, to present reality to people out there, and doing that as quickly as we do is quite difficult enough, thank you.
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Girls are more attractive to me than dresses.
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People under siege turn to us in complete frustration and I get a chance to go in when it's do or die.
