Charlie Kaufman Quotes
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In the whole course of our work at the theatre we have been, I may say, drenched with advice by friendly people who for years gave us the reasons why we did not succeed... All their advice, or at least some of it, might have been good if we had wanted to make money, to make a common place of amusement.
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.
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Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!
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I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
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We all have the right to comment about each other.
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We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.
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I'm actually not on Twitter.
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I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.
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As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.
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We need another revolution in the Arab world. We need an education revolution. If there's one thing we need to focus on, it's redesigning our educational systems.
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That's why teenagers fascinate me – they're like children with drivers' licenses. Like children in that their impulses are so direct.
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I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.
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Watergate was unique because it allowed the public to play its democratic role in expressing its outrage at the presidency. And as a result, for the first time in history a president resigned.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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My feeling is that writing Fantasy should be harder - not easier - than writing any other kind of fiction.
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When you have a global mush, people lose their identity, they become pseudonyms, they have no investment and no consequence in what they do.
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A great NOW will be a great WAS! A bad NOW will always be a bad WAS, and all you can hope for is a Great GONNA BE!
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The terrorist attacks of 9/11 briefly disrupted celebrations of a world globalised by capital and consumption.
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I've never really identified with the way a typical alpha male views women. It's always an awkward forum for me to hang out with another guy and talk about girls, because I can't really find a way to fit in.
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I try to make things interesting and thought-provoking.
