Wall Quotes - Page 9

• Here in Canada, in the Western world, we are inside the walls. Outside the walls are the barbarians.

  Barbara Amiel

  World, Canada, Barbarians

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• Wall Street shouldn't be deregulated. I think Wall Street and Main Street need to play by the same set of rules. The middle-class can't carry the burden any longer, that is what happened in the last decade. They had to bail out Wall Street.

  Stephanie Cutter

  Thinking, Class, Play

  "State of the Union with Candy Crowley". www.cnn.com. August 19, 2012.

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• Now is a good time, 10 years ago would have been a good time, and 10 years from now it will still be a good time to see a dynamic, entertaining movie that's wall-to-wall Miles Davis where the music will hopefully spark some desire to know more about the man.

  Don Cheadle

  Men, Years, Desire

  "Don Cheadle: The Time Is Right for a Miles Davis Biopic". Interview with Shirley Halperin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. December 15, 2010.

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• I still have the desire to do the job of acting. It's just a matter of whether I'll be allowed to do the job of acting that remains to be seen. There are only so many brick walls that I'm willing to beat my head on.

  Gary Coleman

  Jobs, Desire, Acting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was in Germany when the wall came down.

  Joe Cocker

  Germany

  "Interview: Joe Cocker lyric". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• There's definitely a luxury to the fluidity of not being a mega-star. I've done a ton of really, really odd, off-the-wall movies. There's this movie I did called 'Queens of Country' a couple of summers ago that is so bananas, and if I was at a certain level, I probably would not have done that movie.

  Lizzy Caplan

  Summer, Country, Stars

  "Q+A: Lizzy Caplan, Funnywoman". Interview with Simon Abrams, www.esquire.com. January 26, 2012.

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• Wall Street wants to keep its schemes too complicated to understand so that the roulette wheel can keep turning.

  Maria Cantwell

  Roulette, Want, Wheels

  "Wall Street Has a Gambling Problem" by Sen. Maria Cantwell, www.huffingtonpost.com.

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• It appears that Wall Street is not acting as a force for economic expansion, providing access to capital for companies that make things. Rather, it seems, Wall Street is using government bailouts to lever up.

  Maria Cantwell

  Government, Acting, Expansion

  "Wall Street Has a Gambling Problem" by Sen. Maria Cantwell, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• Acting is ephemeral. You can't hang it on a wall. You can't throw it off. And you can't bring it out of a closet. It's there one night and it's gone the next, at least with stage acting anyhow.

  Charles Durning

  Night, Acting, Gone

  "PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Charles Durning". Playbill On-Line Interview, www.playbill.com. February 22, 2000.

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• If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.

  Don Dokken

  Gold, Ceilings, Looks

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• Look at what has occurred in history. When the Berlin Wall fell, it was not surprising, but it was unexpected. Who predicted the Arab Spring? Nobody expected it, but all the ingredients were there. I think all the ingredients are also there for Quebec to become a country. But when? That's another question.

  Gilles Duceppe

  Country, Spring, Thinking

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• Second of all, I don't think Wall Street is doing what it's supposed to be doing, even after the shameful performance of the last two years. They're are not allocating capital.

  Howard Dean

  Thinking, Years, Two

  "Newt Gingrich, Howard Dean Talk Race, Economy and Elections". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. July 25, 2010.

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• I never realized that growing up in Brooklyn, flying jets, working on Wall Street and starring in a sci-fi series was the prerequisite for the fast-paced demands of talk radio. But, if that's what it takes to succeed, I'm glad I did it all.

  Jerry Doyle

  Growing Up, Flying, Succeed

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• I have a small room to write in. One wall is completely covered in books. And I face the window with the curtain closed to stop the light hitting the computer.

  Anne Enright

  Book, Writing, Light

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• So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.

  Caio Fonseca

  Needs, Painting, Categories

  "Caio Fonseca Comes Out of Isolation". Interview with Meghan Dailey, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 28, 2012.

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• I know how to tell a story to a thousand people. Sometimes I don't know how to tell a story to a piece of tape on a wall and a camera.

  Katie Finneran

  People, Cameras, Tape

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• San Quentin, may you rot and burn in hell. May your walls fall and may I live to tell.

  Johnny Cash

  Fall, Order, Law

  Song: San Quentin

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• Why is it possible to rescue S&L buccaneers in the early '90s and provide guidance to levered Wall Street investment bankers during the 1998 long-term capital management crisis, yet throw 2 million homeowners to the wolves in 2007?

  Bill Gross

  Long, Bankers, Management

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• The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages.

  David Foster Wallace

  Jobs, Book, Writing

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• Insect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.

  Don Henley

  Bangs, Apathy, Politics

  Song: Inside Job, Album: Inside Job, 2000

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• They took your commandments off the schoolhouse walls, they say it's a crime to pray.

  Randy Travis

  Politics, Praying, Crime

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• In Las Vegas, people know that the odds are stacked against them. On Wall Street, they manipulate the odds while you are playing the game.

  John Ensign

  Business, Vegas, Odds

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• Wall Street got drunk and now it's got a hangover. And the question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do those fancy financial instruments?

  George W. Bush

  Business, Hangover, Sober Up

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• The walls of pride are high and wide, can't see over to the other side.

  Bob Dylan

  Pride, Sides, Adages

  Song: Cold Irons Bound, 1997

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• The walls have ears, ears that hear each little sound you make every time you stamp, throw a lamp.

  Elvis Presley

  Advice, Littles, Sound

  Song: The Walls Have Ears, Album: Girls! Girls! Girls!

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