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I'm not a great one for classic horror or cheap thrills.
Clive Owen

Great, Horror, Cheap

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
Iain Duncan Smith

Money, Government, Problems

The advent of DVD/Blu-ray reissues of classic Hollywood and foreign films has been a boon to film buffs, who can now study their favorites in all their glistening detail and restored palettes.
James Wolcott

Study, Film, Films

I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all time.
Mindy Kaling

Time, Hit, Shows

Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out of poverty under the guidance of his widowed grandmother.
Russell Baker

Poor, Poverty, Born

If I'm feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I'll put on MAC's Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be.
Chloe Sevigny

Feeling, Down, Put

I want to work for a long, long time and keep growing in my work, and if I am very lucky and very blessed, maybe somewhere along the line there will be one movie in there that becomes a classic.
Salma Hayek

Work, Time, Blessed

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.
Natalie Portman

Different, Else, Sense

I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life? You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there's really nothing like that for movie scripts.
Jason Reitman

Life, Experience, Fun

Gwen Stefani has amazing style. I used to really love Courtney Love, and anything she wore I loved. Or Chloe Sevigny, because I really love that sort of classic look, and I like being girly and flowery, and wearing little D&G dresses. I wear hats a lot, too. I think it goes back to when I was a bit grungy and was a skater girl for a bit.
Ellie Goulding

Love, Amazing, Girl

Every day I'd say I look different. Sometimes I look really formal, sometimes I love the classic Stella McCartney, Chloe Sevigny and Gwyneth Paltrow thing. Other days I like being rock star and wearing leather jackets and studs. I love wearing Burberry - it's the perfect combination of formal and punky.
Ellie Goulding

Love, Rock, Different

Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.
Scott Weiland

Music, Great, Inspired

I really like all music, but mostly Country, older R&B, and the good classic rock.
Brett Favre

Music, Good, Rock

There is but one way left to save a classic; to give up revering him and use him for our own salvation.
Jose Ortega y Gasset

Him, Give, Left

I don't usually direct actors in the classic sense of that word. Instead, I try to remind the characters before the shoot what's going on in a very simple way. I then watch them, their inventions as actors, approving or not approving what they're doing.
Gus Van Sant

Simple, Before, Try

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes.
Dan Rather

Truth, Sports, Baseball

I'm not photographing the model in the classic sense; the model is playing a part in my photographs. It's more like theater. I always work with models I know, and I let them participate in deciding how to act their part.
Kim Weston

Work, Sense, Playing

I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.
Dirk Benedict

Happen, Different, Talent

I used to be a classic workaholic, and after seeing how little work and career really mean when you reach the end of your life, I put a new emphasis on things I believe count more. These things include: family, friends, being part of a community, and appreciating the little joys of the average day.
Mitch Albom

Life, Work, Family

I just signed to do my next book with Ecco Press, a new primer or encyclopedia. This will be my take on what classic Italian cooking is.
Mario Batali

Book, Next, Cooking

They're getting me involved in intrigue again, and I think it follows a classic formula in a soap opera.
Michael Zaslow

Again, Getting, Involved

I have a certain image that's more classic, and I'm happy to stay out of the fray.
Renee Fleming

Happy, Stay, Image

I am just the classic person who wants to learn stuff. I want good tutors, and with Kurt I had the best.
Courtney Love

Good, Best, Person

What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation.
Lawrence Clark Powell

Great, Long, Book

I love Thandie Newton. I love her fashion sense as she is just really classic.
Leona Lewis

Love, Fashion, Sense

Nobody does just one thing. But the real difference between being an entrepreneur and everyone else in the world is the ability to monetize. I am an entrepreneur in the classic mold.
Gene Simmons

Real, Else, Between

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.
Igor Stravinsky

Music, Romantic, Him

I have a very classic take on fashion. I like my accessories to pop, but in general, my style is pretty classic.
Ashley Greene

Pretty, Fashion, Style

Negotiating in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
Dean Acheson

Sense, Agree, Disagree

Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree.
Dean Acheson

Sense, Agree, Disagree

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