"For example, a man who might not have……" — Sydney Pollack
"For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't know that George Washington would be a president today, I don't know that Abe Lincoln would, I don't know that Roosevelt would."
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Sydney Pollack
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35 Quotes by Sydney Pollack
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OK, I know this is going to disgust you, Michael, but a lot of people are in this business to…
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Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.
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When you make a film you usually make a film about an idea.
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Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.
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What I really want to do is produce. There isn’t much patience with a slow developing story line anymore.
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I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful…
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I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the…
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If we were a primitive society, movie stars would be gods.
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The dance that happens, between actor and director, is a very delicate thing...it's why people tend to work together on…
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By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need…
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Well, I was born and raised in the Midwest, in Indiana specifically, and my childhood was full of weekend movies,…
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But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.
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More Abe Quotes
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Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben…
— Elayne Boosler
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Somebody told me when Abe Lincoln was a young man, studying by firelight, he said, "I will work hard. I…
— Deacon Jones
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Not only has my latest book, The Wandering Who?, rocked the boat, but it also has managed to unite Alan…
— Gilad Atzmon
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About forty percent of the people vote Democrat. About forty percent vote Republican. Of those eighty percent, most wouldn't change…
— Tom Clancy
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On the murder of New York deli owner Abe Lebewohl: It's almost like wiping out Carnegie Hall. A sandwich to…
— Jackie Mason
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Words of encouragement fan the spark of genius into the flame of achievement. Legend tells us that Lincoln's dying mother…
— Wilferd Peterson
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Public agency is emergent, and the ability of the public to literally put any bank or corporation out of business…
— Robert David Steele
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Barney Miller' was a lot of fun. I'm very fond of Abe Vigoda. Most - a lot of people on…
— James Cromwell
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Abe Lincoln died because he stood for liberty and truth.
— Don Cornell
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Abe said, where do you want this killing done? God said, out on highway 61.
— Bob Dylan
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If it wasn't for Abe Lincoln, I'd still be on the open market.
— Dick Gregory
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Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time - and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.
— Ryan Lochte
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