Charles Eames Quotes
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I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.
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I was sent the script for 'Silver Linings' when I was doing a play in D.C. at The Kennedy Center with Cate Blanchett and I was sent the script and asked if I was interested, and I said 'Oh, boy am I!'
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Fighting, I guess, was never the real reason I read comic books as a kid. The fighting was an important part, an integral part of it; I don't know I would've read it without it.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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Great effort springs naturally from great attitude.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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If a guy is skilled at anything, that's attractive. There's something very primal about that and, sure, it can be as simple as figuring out the tip quickly. It's really cool when a guy tips 20 percent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.
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Anything where I get to write a lot of jokes and have a lot of creative control - that's all I want.
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I just have an inability to lie.
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The opponents of this process have always tried to vilify westernization as a poor imitation.
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I always love that phrase, 'Oh, this is a good idea, but it's execution dependent.' As if anything in life is not execution dependent. Breathing is execution-dependent.
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When it's all said and done, I want to look back on my career and say I did numerous things.
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I'm a Wisconsin kid, so I like brats and burgers and stuff like that. Cheese curds.
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I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches.
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I'm down here in Mexico, sick as a dog.My head is poundin' in this border town fog.Down to my last dime and comin' apart at the seams.I've messed up in Mexico, livin' on refried dreams.
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I famously tasted shark fin soup many, many years ago before we understood exactly what was going on with the harvesting of sharks. I've consequently come out against it. I make personal choices in my life and stand behind them.
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The road less traveled is sometimes fraught with barricades, bumps, and uncharted terrain. But it is on that road where your character is truly tested
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I'm only waiting for Lindsay Lohan's fashion collection to come out. Ten years from now, there may be no real designers left.
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Design may be a solution to some industrial problems.
