Lenny Abrahamson Quotes

I'm Irish; I grew up in Ireland, and it's impossible to separate my background from who I am as a filmmaker.

Lenny Abrahamson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: November 30, 1966

Topics

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It's easy to motivate a client when they are sitting on a bench right in front of you, but the real challenge for a trainer is to have that motivation exist even when you are not around.

Jessie Pavelka

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I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country.

John Engler

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If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it.

Matt Cartwright

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Controversial disputes are a part of democratic culture.

Angela Merkel

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America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.

Michael Bloomberg

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The notion that marriage is an impediment to commitments to the larger community is a long-standing one - and one reason early Christians did not place the institution at the top of their moral hierarchy, complaining that married couples cared more about pleasing each other than doing the Lord's work.

Stephanie Coontz

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A good boxing competition gives one the sight of fine men in their prime, trained to the ounce, showing the highest skill, pluck and endurance in carrying out their attack and defence under strict rules of fair play and good temper.

Robert Baden-Powell

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There are many people who think we should have zero tax on capital gains, interest and dividends for everybody, as - the very, very wealthy. But recognize that means that Bill Gates and Warren Buffett would pay no income tax at all. And some people say, 'Well, that's a good thing for growth of the economy.'

Mitt Romney

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A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

Dirk Benedict

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Ideologies, however appealing, cannot shape the whole structure of perceptions and conduct unless they are embedded in daily experiences that confirm them.

Christopher Lasch

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I hope to make a positive, productive contribution, as cheesy as that may sound.

Chelsea Clinton

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I'm a very private, very reclusive kind of guy.

Christopher Cross

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