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William Beveridge Quotes

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege.

William Beveridge

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: english
Birth: March 5, 1879 - March 16, 1963

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You Find Privilege Pessimist Scratch

Theater isn't there to provide answers. Only possibilities. I just ask the questions. But I believe hope comes from the fact that there is a potential for redemption. At the core, that's what matters in the theater I'm attracted to. Do we dare to hope? Do we allow ourselves to hope?

Hope Believe Potential Questions Ask

There's a theory about fame: the moment it strikes, it arrests development. Michael Jackson remained suspended in childhood, enjoying sleepovers and funfairs; Winona Ryder, an errant teen who dabbled in shoplifting and experimented with pills; George Clooney, a 30-year-old commitment-phobe, never quite ready yet to settle down.

Moment Childhood Teen Down Ready

We've had Obama for eight years, who, to me, is a model of integrity, sensitivity, empathy. He's wise, he's patient, he maintains his composure, and I would have voted for him again.

Integrity Empathy Wise Me Him Years

My connection to 'Aquaman' came out through the Sony hack. It had no relationship to reality. I was not on that film. I was not hired to work on that film. I had been talking to Warner Bros. about it.

Work Relationship Reality Talking

I'd be wary of simple solutions to complex problems.

Simple Problems Solutions Complex

There are fundamentalist psychopaths in every religion in the world. Every single one.

Religion World Single Fundamentalist

People got very wimpy about 'Scarface' very quickly.

People Got Very About Quickly

I was born in New York City in 1926, four years after my parents and my brother migrated to the United States from the city of Odessa in Russia.

New York Brother Parents City Born

The President's political travel is going to get blamed (and probably rightly) for a share of this downturn.

Travel Political President Going Get

As an improviser, my nature is to take a theme and constantly rework it.

Nature Theme Take Constantly

It's not like the original movie where you thought it was the mother committing the murders, but it was actually the son. I don't think it's possible to create the kind of shock today that we created in 1959. And I don't even want to try.

Mother Son Today Think Thought You

On '50/50,' even though it was 8 million dollars, it was all acting-intensive.

Jonathan Levine

Million Even Million Dollars Though

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