Stephen J. Dubner Quotes

What would you rather do? Fix a small problem well or answer a small problem well or flail around at the big ones and pay a lot of lip service?

Stephen J. Dubner

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Everything about 'Hugo' to me is poignant, from the broken orphan to the old man losing his past to the fragility of film itself.

John Logan

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The only thing I can stand about the Trump campaign are Ivanka's shoes.

Ana Navarro

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I feel like I have just been really, really lucky to meet some of the most successful and great actors alive today.

Troye Sivan

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I don't believe in depriving myself; it's an unhealthy state of mind.

Mary Helen Bowers

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I cannot save the world; that's not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just trying to walk the walk and be an example to those that want it. Not everybody does, but if Mary J. Blige can come out of that same hole you were in, then you can do it, too - that's my goal: to do that without saying it, but actually live it.

Mary J. Blige

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A lot of TV is put together by teams, by writing staffs and several different directors. It's a great, very smart way to make television. It's worked for however long TV's been around.

Louis C. K.

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I want to know about what makes an athlete tick.

Lisa Guerrero

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'Hotel For Dogs' was fun for my family, but it was kind of hard to get in the audition room for 'Jennifer's Body' after that, you know? But I think the roles find me, in a way.

Johnny Simmons

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Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.

Doc Hastings

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You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.

Denzel Washington

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I don't know if people feel this way, but I think by nature that when you start off as a young pop singer, they assume that you're a bit pampered, prissy, and precious, or that you live in a bubble and not in the real world. For me that's not the case.

Debbie Gibson

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When you're an adult, when times are good, entire years go by in what feels like the space of one season. But the worst trick time plays on you is just how slowly the worst times in your life take you to live through.

Artie Lange

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