Budgets Quotes - Page 19

• I've got nothing against big-budget values. I mean, I was very proud of The Avengers, the part that I played in it, albeit a small one. It was thrilling to be part of it. But it's so huge that you can never really wrap your mind around it.

  Alexis Denisof

  Mean, Mind, Proud

  "Angel's Alexis Denisof goes post-apocalyptic in a new web series". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. August 7, 2012.

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• States should not balance their budgets on the backs of students.

  Arne Duncan

  Balance, Students, States

  "Campus Protests Should Remind Us All of College’s Value" by Sec. Arne Duncan, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 12, 2010.

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• In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

  Griffin Dunne

  Independent, Community, Amy

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big budget or studio or independent, as long as it's got a story that's compelling and there's enough money to make the picture.

  Griffin Dunne

  Independent, Long, Stories

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Running, America, People

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• The long and short of it is that I am now in a position in England to green light movies, and that's really excellent - not high-budget movies, but movies none the less.

  Idris Elba

  Light, Long, Green

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• Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.

  Tony Gilroy

  Ambiguity

  "Tony Gilroy on The Bourne Legacy: 'Fear changes everything'" by Catherine Shoard, www.theguardian.com. August 16, 2012.

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• After America won the Cold War, some believed we had come to the 'end of history,' and budget-cutters celebrated the so-called 'peace dividend.' As a result, we ignored the toxic mixture of militant Islam and terror that ultimately led to 9/11.

  Frank Gaffney

  War, America, Islam

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• In the state of Michigan, where I served in the state Legislature, there was a lot of shuffling of money between one year and the other to balance the budget.

  Justin Amash

  Years, Balance, Michigan

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• Putting the budget ahead of the policy is the wrong way to do it. It's too often the way it's done in Washington.

  Spencer Abraham

  Done, Way, Policy

  "Online Extra: Q&A with Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham". Interview with Laura Cohn, www.bloomberg.com. April 9, 2001.

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• I think that there's a lot more freedom in the low budget, the independent films where, unfortunately, you don't have the money, necessarily, to get the orchestras in there to play a lot of stuff. But, you have a lot more freedom, very often.

  Danny Elfman

  Independent, Thinking, Play

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• There is no doubt that directing television has helped hone my directing skills. What television teaches you is to be efficient and to think on your feet. You have to adhere to strict deadlines and budget constraints.

  Emilio Estevez

  Thinking, Skills, Feet

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• I'm not cheap, you understand, I'm just a cut price person in a low budget land.

  Ray Davies

  Cutting, Land, Politics

  Song: Low Budget

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• For as long as I can remember the slogan has been ... the federal government ought to behave more like families, because families balance their budgets. It turns out that families looked around and said, "You know what? Let's behave more like the government!"

  George Will

  Business, Government, Long

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• In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.

  Daniel Clowes

  Running, Able, Whim

  "Daniel Clowes Talks Confidential". Interview with Hilary Goldstein, www.ign.com. April 4, 2006.

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• Our priority must be to build a path towards balancing the budget, and we cannot tolerate growing deficits.

  Michael Dean Crapo

  Priorities, Growing, Path

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• My style is about making things last forever. When you're on a budget, it can be daunting to spend $300 on a pair of boots or a coat. But such basics are the building blocks from which your look is crafted.

  Nina Garcia

  Block, Forever, Style

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• I read in the press, and therefore it must be true, that no secretary of defense had ever been quoted as arguing for a bigger budget for State.

  Robert M. Gates

  Defense, Arguing, States

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• The reality is, the United States has global interests. Our defense budget is about the same as the defense budgets or military budgets of every other country in the world put together.

  Robert M. Gates

  Country, Military, Reality

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• Every episode of 'True Blood' is like shooting a low budget feature.

  Christopher Heyerdahl

  Blood, Shooting, Episodes

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• I actually signed on to do 'On the Road' before we started on 'Tron,' but we were in flux for a while, just sort of playing the waiting game, trying to get the right budget and the right cast.

  Garrett Hedlund

  Games, Waiting, Trying

  "Garrett Hedlund" by Jeff Bridges, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 27, 2012.

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• I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.

  Ian Hart

  Film, Bigs, American Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I find shoestrings very hard work. I like big budgets.

  Julie Harris

  Hard Work, Bigs, Hard

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• You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing.

  Tippi Hedren

  Mean, Dollars, Scripts

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• I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.

  Mike Jackson

  Trying, Ministry, Problem

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