Curt Weldon Quotes
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President Obama has contempt for real money.
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Race is still the No. 1 determinant in every election.
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There's a kind of optimism specifically within Christianity about the world - about whose side God is on. Well, I didn't have any of that in my background. I had physicality and chaos.
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Soap operas are like boot camps for film actors, so I really learned a lot. It was a masterclass in working for camera. I made myself watch myself every day. I would sort of try and be objective about it and critique myself a little. There's a lot more skill set than people realize in soap operas. They shoot, like, 35 scenes a day.
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Professionally, I have no major goals. That's partly because I'm really flaky. I want things, but I don't go after them. I'd rather they be placed in my lap.
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To be intellectual does not require one to be alienated and oppositional.
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I visualized high school as being like 'Saved By the Bell.' I decided I would do all the things they did on that show.
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Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.
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Terrorists have goals beyond their supposed pacts with God. They are authors, too.
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If premarital sex is a sin, who is the victim?
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Laila: It isn't fair.
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The polls undoubtedly help to decide what people think, but their most important long-term influence may be on how people think. The interrogative process is very distinctly weighted against the asking of an intelligent question or the recording of a thoughtful answer.
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There was a very obnoxious phase for Axl Rose. I'm sure if I had experienced as much success as he had, I would probably be a third as obnoxious. I'd probably be obnoxious, too. But not that much.
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I had a mother who prayed for me, and prayer changes everything.
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I've had a lot of successes as a songwriter, and I really have nothing to prove in that arena, so I'm just excited about the next challenge of pursuing this artist thing.
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I don't care who anybody sleeps with. If a couple has been together all that time - and there are gay relationships that are more solid than some heterosexual ones - I think it's fine if they want to get married. I don't know how people can get so anti-something.
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In a Ponzi scheme, a promoter pays back his initial investors with money he has raised from new investors. Eventually, the promoter can no longer find enough new investors to pay off the people who have already put up money, and the scheme collapses.
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You can't look at the problem and say, 'I want them to do more, better, faster miracles - and not invest in research, not invest in development, and have those miracles delivered to me free.' It's unrealistic.
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Being on stage is what I enjoy.
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I think there are some people who have this thing where, from the very beginning, some part of them rejects convention.
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In the end, the work shows if you're good.
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I'm no good at describing my books. 'Holes' has been out now for seven years, and I still can't come up with a good answer when asked what that book is about.
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If you dance, you dance because you have to. Every dancer hurts, you know.
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I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission.
