Ali Smith Quotes

We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after reading it just once.

Ali Smith

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Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.

Joe Dante

BrokenMoviesEditingRoomFilm

Moreover, from reforming the tax code to our immigration system, to commonsense legal reform, President Bush put America on notice that he will continue fighting to make the country, and the world, a better place for future generations.

Jim Sensenbrenner

FutureWorldLegalBetterFighting

We know in our society, women are valued for their sexual desirability and not necessarily for what they have to say.

Jessica Chastain

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I came from a poor family in Coney Island. I learned to write by reading the 'Post.' This was my education.

Jerry Della Femina

FamilyEducationReadingIslandPoor

As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.

John Hall

PositiveQualityPersonSeeBeing

Having led many negotiations with countries outside the E.U. in the past, we would never enter the same compromises and reach the same good outcomes with states that don't shoulder the responsibilities and costs of the common market.

Angela Merkel

GoodPastReachNeverOutsideSame

Living involves making bold choices. You can't always know how they're going to turn out, and you can always play that game of wondering what might have been if you had made another decision.

Tom Kitt

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In my view, the future of politics is, without a doubt, social liberalism married to economic conservatism. Which means we have to make an economic argument to social liberals, that it's OK to vote for us. But we won't run the economy into the ground at the same time.

Louise Mensch

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Truthfully, the process of making 22 episodes of television a year is not very pleasant.

Joshua Jackson

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I was born and raised in China, Mandarin is my first language, and I definitely know America. I think that will be my strength, to try and bring the two worlds together.

Chloe Zhao

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A house is very much like a portrait. I cannot disconnect houses from people. The thought of arrangement, the curves and straight lines. It gives an indication of the character at the heart of it.

Christian Louboutin

CharacterHeartPeopleThoughtHouse

'America's Got Talent' has really opened a lot of doors for me. I want to do a lot more TV.

Brandy Norwood

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