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The system did not want me to make 'Go.' And I sort of stood up to the system and made the movie I wanted to make, and the fact that I did that and I'm proud of the movie means I'm really proud of myself when I look back on that.

Doug Liman

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I spent a lot of time in the White House in the public areas where reporters are allowed to go, but I spoke to people about the private quarters as well. Some of the things I learned were small, novelistic details. For example, the fact that there were still pet stains on the carpets from the Bush cats when the Obamas moved in.

Jodi Kantor

TimeCatsPetPeopleSmallDetails

Stress is never a given. There are people who get divorced amicably. There are people who pack up and move with no emotional toll. There is no stressor 'out there' in the world. We experience stress - or we don't - depending on what we believe.

Andrew J. Bernstein

ExperienceStressPeopleWorldNever

That's just me and my own body issues - I think I'm fat and bald and old and ugly.

Jeffrey Tambor

UglyMeThinkFatBodyBald

To be black and an intellectual in America is to live in a box. On the box is a label, not of my own choosing.

Stephen Carter

LiveBlackAmericaIntellectualBox

The British who arrived in the United States in the eighteen-thirties and forties had imagined the young republic as a wide-eyed adolescent, socially ungainly and politically gauche, but with some hint of promise.

Simon Schama

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We're kidding on that. One of the things I insisted upon when we went into this project was that we are full partners, going fifty-fifty, both on the money and on the say of what's going on with the books.

Robert Asprin

MoneySayProjectThingsGoingFull

Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.

Robert B. Parker

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My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend.

Rodney Dangerfield

FriendMotherMeNeverSheOnly

It's like a 'chicken or the egg' thing. We're all part of the culture. We're reflecting it; we're changing it. So, yeah, I think culture is always changing.

Roz Chast

CultureThinkEggChickenAlways

As with any other crucial aspect of a growing business, you need the right technology and tools.

Julia Hartz

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I ran for Congress because I want to help change the way we do business in Washington, D.C.

Jason Chaffetz

ChangeBusinessHelpWantWashington

You know, it takes a while to get used to - it's a whole group of people with all these ideas and after you sort of navigate your way through the first few episodes it becomes collaborative and creative.

Josh Duhamel

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