“Yeah, I think that's sort of the American way. And it's also the Polish way, it turns out.”
“All of us kids ended up 'doing Mom.' There are four of us who've tried show business. Five if you insist on counting my sister the nun, who does liturgical dance.”
“I don't want to be that guy mumbling into his drink at a bar.”
“People only talk about what a joyous experience it is, but there is terror: Your life, as you know it, is over. It's over the day that child is born. It's over, and something completely new starts.”
"I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. "See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job."
“In Japan, you have no idea what they are saying, and they can't help you either. Nothing makes any sense. They're very polite, but you feel like a joke is being played on you the entire time you're there.”
“The studios don't seem to foster good writing. They're not so interested in that, but they're more interested in what worked most recently. They're definitely very serious about making money, and that's not a wrong thing, but you don't have to make money the same way all the time.”
“Here's the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don't get there, we're both fired.”
“I think that the online world has actually brought books back. People are reading because they're reading the damn screen. That's more reading than people used to do.”
“I think all phases of one's career are serious if you take it seriously no matter if you are doing high profile dramatic pieces or not.”
“I don't know how this guy knew how much money I was making. I didn't know how much money I was making.”
“I'm a nut, but not just a nut.”
“The government can destroy wealth but it cannot create wealth, which is the product of labor and management working with creation.”
“He's just another screwball too big for his britches.”
“I don't have a problem talking about my work, but I don't make a habit of talking about myself. There are people who are obsessed with information about my life, what clothes I'm wearing and what my exercise regime is. I'm not interested in that.”
“Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.”
“The Army needs leaders the way a foot needs a big toe.”
“When they're on battery, they're incredibly difficult to find, ... So, unless you know where they are, they could be anywhere, which complicates the United States' or any opposing navy's ability to operate on the surface.”
“Numbers matter, ... The Chinese obviously believe that numbers matter because they're turning out submarines like sausages. The Chinese are definitely on the winning end of an arms race.”
“They want to deter us from interfering if they feel they have to use force to deter Taiwan [from independence], raising the potential cost [in sunk ships and casualties] of U.S. intervention to such a high degree that they think we will calculate we can't defend Taiwan without paying an exorbitant cost,”
“We have had clear legal advice there are very good grounds on which to base an appeal.”
“We tried to vet the information and never found anything that was credible,”
“we all have someone where we think maybe we didn't give that person enough of a chance. Having done this film, I would say it's a far more precarious position than I would have guessed before.”
"It's been a long time since I've enjoyed watching a high school football game like this.”
"What am I wearing? Boxers.”
“There are so many people taking credit for this that I don't know where to begin, ... for writing a film that was so good that everybody in this room says, 'That lucky son of a bitch: It could have been me.' ”
" 'Who are you?' ... She said, 'I'm locations.' I said, 'Well, if locations had done their job and made sure it was warm enough for these people, we wouldn't be lighting a fire in the fireplace.' ”
"*But at the wrap party, Murray approached the woman again.* I said, 'You know, we had our moment, and I don't apologize for that for a second.' ... I wanted to let her know I could see it both ways.”
“Now that I'm mature… ... …yet still somehow childlike, I can't really let it roll like that any more. But I've certainly met different women who have attracted me. And you could make a case that, even if you're married to your high-school sweetheart, every day should be like falling in love again.”
“It's probably because I had a lot of luck early on,”
“We had quite a few old ones that didn't match the other departments nearby and we had three different models, which was a training problem, so we wanted to standardize the area,”
“We're trying to do this so we can work closer with the Valley of the Moon district, so we can just exchange bottles instead of everyone having different equipment. This will be a big advantage for us and them. The standardization of equipment is very important,”
“He's the best comic actor in the world by a mile.”
“Just the very thought of someone my age going to visit old girlfriends had instant appeal, ... Even women think, 'That would be interesting.' Not comfortable, but interesting. It is not a comfortable film at any point.”
“[He would like to be remembered most for] Groundhog Day, ... As cynical as I like to pretend I am, I have a deep philosophical and spiritual side. I think everyone harbors a craving for meaning in life, and the movie, without being cloying or embarrassing, asserts the possibility of redemption through meaning. Every single religion and psychological discipline has claimed the movie as what they believe. I love that. It makes it an ecumenical movie.”
“As far as the consumer is concerned, they think it's a stand-by ticket where you have to sit in the back by the toilet,”
“I'm happy that they've made a decision and are moving forward.”
“Iraq has a lot of critical needs. It's got to come up with budgetary resources to finance health care, education and other important public services. Clearly, the reduction of petroleum subsidies is an emotional issue.”
“They should test the two deputy chiefs and all the captains and be able to choose from that list. That's how we get promoted in our police department. We have people that have learned the job.”
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