Calvin Coolidge Quotes
Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
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You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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I voted for you during your last election.
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When you write as a woman, there's this feeling there's going to be a softness.
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There's nothing worse than a director who feels more like a cop than a comrade, so I try to never give orders or create an environment where it's 'my way or the highway,' because actually allowing talented people to bring their originality and insight always brings more depth and complexity than if everyone has to do what you tell them to!
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
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If you don't stick up for what's yours, and defend what's yours... what are you?
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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You don't usually get treated unfairly. You usually get what you deserve.
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I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone along the way.
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I started a theater called Steppenwolf. We've been very supportive of the veterans there.
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There's only one thing you can do in bankruptcy: break your word, break your deals. It allows you to say to the small businesses, who have been catering lunches for you, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.' It allows you to go to the workers and say, 'Sorry, we're not paying you.'
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A standing army is like a standing member. It's an excellent assurance of domestic tranquility, but a dangerous temptation to foreign adventure.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
