Colin Quinn Quotes
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You go to a theater now and you literally see parents watching the movie and they suddenly cover their kid's ears. I figured I'd make one movie where they didn't have to do this.
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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Working in Birmingham for the first time was the best thing, especially as it was round the corner from my mum's house in Harborne!
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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When companies minimize their costs, they can spend more on R & D and marketing. It's just very logical.
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The things we remember best are those better forgotten.
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I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours.
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Nothing can be as astounding as life. Except for writing. Yes, of course, except for writing, the sole consolation.
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When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have.
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A big blockbuster like 'Kick' expands the audience for my films and makes it easier to promote them.
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The landscape is like being there with a powerful personality and I'm searching for just the right angles to make that portrait come across as meaningfully as possible.
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The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method.
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I like a cheese and pickle. Nice cheese and pickle on a real old-fashioned bread. Ploughman's lunch.
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My homies in Gadsden aren't as exposed as I am culturally, which is awesome - that's why I love going home. I'm in the kitchen with people who don't know anything but the simple life, what's important to them, and what's dope.
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I was born into Sudan's civil war, and before I could read or write, I was using an AK47 in the conflict between the Muslim north and Animist/Christian south over the land and natural resources.
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Most presidents come to Washington bright as freshly minted dimes and leave much diminished.
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I enjoyed writing for someone else's voice, but I wasn't very good at it.
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Nothing surprises me, particularly men and their propensity to be fools.
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I always wanted to write as much as perform.
