Aaron Sorkin Quotes

If the characters on 'The West Wing' were watching a TV show wherein a character like Trump was leading in the polls, they wouldn't find it believable.

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• I would love to be a singer if I had the talent for it. I'd love to be a graphic designer if I had the talent for it. Those are things I've always just admired - the work of other artists.

  

  Dan Bucatinsky
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• I am tone deaf.

  

  Rachelle Lefevre
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• While many in the social enterprise space often qualify themselves as 'non-profit,' these organizations should instead treat themselves as 'for-purpose.' These organizations should focus on their mission to create social good, while still treating themselves with the same commitment to rigor and discipline as the best for-profits.

  

  Adam Braun
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• I have two older brothers. I am the baby. We're all very, very close. We're great communicators, so we get along really well.

  

  Ed Westwick
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• An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.

  

  Federica Mogherini
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• You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.

  

  Yunjin Kim
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• In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.

  

  Naomi Klein
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• Of course, my interests and my focus change and become more diverse, more worldly. At the same time, I am interested in the simple basics, which is I love to dance and I love to make people dance.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
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• When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Life
  • Death
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• People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.

  

  Manolo Blahnik
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• I would like 'I Dream of Genie' powers.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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• I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.

  

  Kate Winslet
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• To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.

  

  Sally Schneider
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• Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
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• As long as you keep one foot in the real world while the other foot's in a fairy tale, that fairy tale is going to seem kind of attainable.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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• There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
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• The first requisite for the happiness of the people is the abolition of religion.

  

  Karl Marx
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• While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.

  

  Edmund Hillary
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• I saw 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was four years old. Sure, I thought Princess Leia was awesome. But the character I identified with most was Luke Skywalker. I left the theater certain the Force was strong with me, that I could train to be a Jedi and wield a lightsaber just like Luke.

  

  Rae Carson
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• False and doubtful positions, relied upon as unquestionable maxims, keep those who build on them in the dark from truth. Such are usually the prejudices imbibed from education, party, reverence, fashion, interest, et cetera.

  

  John Locke Nazareth
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• If you're blessed enough to grow older, which is how I look at aging, there's so much wisdom to be gained from people who are celebrating the process with vibrancy and vigor and grace.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • People
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• People have their own opinions but sometimes with the media things get chopped up and cut around to make stories out of it.

  

  Aaron Carter
  • People
  • Up
  • Media

• I love reference books, especially collections of memorable quotations, world almanacs, and atlases. Facts to me are like candy or popcorn, small, tasty delights, and I like to gorge on them now and then.

  

  Walter Kirn
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• If the characters on 'The West Wing' were watching a TV show wherein a character like Trump was leading in the polls, they wouldn't find it believable.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
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