Cliff Chiang Quotes
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Our children will outwit us if they want; for when it comes to technology, they hold the higher ground. Unlike other tools passed carefully and ceremonially from one generation to the next - the sharp scissors, the car keys - this is one they understand better than we do.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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For me, with a character, you start with the shoes.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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The ideas keep going, you have the material, you cut because there's a limit to the space allowed to you. And the space is limited because of some other constraints that have to do with money or printing or whatever.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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Becoming a vampire means completely changing your identity.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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I have a Rhodesian Ridgeback dog named Lola.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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Also at the top of the list was my three day appearance on 'Press Your Luck'. In addition to the intense competition of each of those games, it slowly started to dawn on me in the minutes between tapings that I was winning some serious money.
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I make no claim to being a business genius. You can make so much money in this business that it loses its value.
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Being single has its ups and downs, and being in a relationship has its ups and downs. It depends on how you balance it and how you handle your problems within your relationship.
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Great books are rare.
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Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.
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I would love to play alongside Wayne Rooney. He does the running of two or three players and makes a lot of space. We would be the perfect combination.
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All my movies are achingly personal.
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When you are 'world building,' people will oftentimes judge how well you built your world. They want to know: Is the culture believable? Does it feel like it has a history? I try very hard to pay attention to details.
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China is the world's largest lighting market. That should not be ignored lightly.
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I don't trust sentimentality in men; it goes with tyranny; you can't have one without the other.
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It's frustrating when you make the efforts but the conditions are not there to make a great tournament.
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There is a tendency for the New Gods to work best as guest stars.
