Beth Macy Quotes

What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make me cry or make me laugh.

Beth Macy

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To be awarded a prize which takes its name from an illustrious Dutchman who at the same time was a great citizen of Europe and through his writings did so much to open up our modern world of sensibility and thought is indeed a most signal honour.

John G. D. Clark

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Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

Matthew Lesko

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Just as the development of earth art and installation art stemmed from the idea of taking art out of the galleries, the basis of my involvement with public art is a continuation of wall drawings.

Sol LeWitt

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The straps that suspend a man's trousers from his shoulders - known in the U.S. as 'suspenders' and in Britain as 'braces' - are always correct with a summer suit made of seersucker, linen, or silk.

Roger Stone

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Good reporting is good reporting, regardless of the newness or oldness of the medium.

Matt Apuzzo

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If you get a good comedy once a year, man, that's pretty good. I may be pickier than some, but still, there aren't that many movies that are really, truly, honestly that funny.

Michael Keaton

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I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie.

Dennis Muren

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I am truly bored with 99 per cent of conventional novels. I do think it's a somewhat desiccated form.

David Shields

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America is the greatest country in the whole world.

Chris Rock

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I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.

Corin Nemec

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It must be the Brit in me, because I like animals.

Clint Eastwood

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In a way, my past gives me a little credibility. Not that anybody cares what I did nineteen years ago, but I did have a career, and a legitimate one, before I met my husband.

Pia Zadora

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