Sandra Lerner Quotes

We had a small farm growing up. It was my grandfather's farm, and we didn't torture the animals, and we didn't feed them stuff we wouldn't eat.

Sandra Lerner

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What was exciting to me in talking to Kogonada was I was just very convinced that he was a very real and pure artist. He was so uninterested in the commercial game.

John Cho

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I hated how Sam Rothstein got manipulated by Sharon Stone's character in 'Casino.' I mean, I just hate how he gets manipulated; that just gets ridiculous to me. I know it's historic, but I hated that.

Mekhi Phifer

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I was working with Bill Graham management at the time and it was obvious to everyone concerned that albums like Open Fire, while they were good for me creatively, were not going to be commercially successful.

Ronnie Montrose

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Going to Cambodia to cover the genocide trials, I did read a lot about the Khmer Rouge; I read a lot about the country and its history.

Michael Paterniti

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In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

Minoru Yamasaki

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As our world gets more interconnected, no one country or region can meet development challenges on its own.

Miroslav Lajcak

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Well, PT Anderson sent me a script of Boogie Nights which I let lay around my house for about three months, then one day I'm cleaning my office and decided that I'd better read this before the guy calls me back. I never put it down, bro.

Luis Guzman

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A philosophical problem has the form: I don't know my way about.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

ProblemKnowWayFormAbout

In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure.

Douglas Fairbanks

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I was always critiquing my work. I let everybody else around - producers, directors, other actors - they give the nod of approval or the praise. Because I tried to always bring the best, so even if they were happy with it, I was still scrutinizing it.

Demetrius Shipp, Jr.

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I feel I can express the nuances of the Bengali lifestyle and ways of thinking better than other cultures.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.

Paul Thomas Anderson

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