Aaron Sorkin Quotes
I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
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Because I'm in the public eye, I think that I would prefer to date someone regular who isn't in the news all the time, but I think even if you date someone regular, they'll still put it in the news.
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I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas and the ideas of my spiritual brothers of German origin.
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There is no self-knowledge but an historical one. No one knows what he himself is who does not know his fellow men, especially the most prominent one of the community, the master's master, the genius of the age.
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I always wanted to do things on my own terms, and unfortunately in this industry, that's not something that is easily given. You're at the mercy of other people, but then you still have that drive to continue on. That's an equation for a lot of heartbreak.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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The Ferrari is a beautiful car. It's great.
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I have learnt that I am me, that I can do the things that, as one might put it, me can do, but I cannot do the things that me would like to do.
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In all my movies, be it 'Page 3', 'Chandni Bar' or 'Corporate,' I have tried to depict honesty and reality.
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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In the 5 years, well over 60,000 American families have been broken apart by the absence of insurance because the only way for parents to get treatment for their children is to turn the custody of those children over to the State.
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Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way ever since.
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In Hollywood, you play a mom and instantly, you've got osteoporosis.
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You don't have to be dowdy to be a Christian.
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What we want to do is put a price on greenhouse gases. Because if they're more expensive, businesses will find a way to be more efficient or switch to solar or hydro or wind power. So that will reduce emissions.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
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I believe that the Chinese people as a whole love to make investments in real estate.
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I like 'Star Wars.' I mean, I don't go to the conventions and dress up like Obi-Wan Kenobi or anything, but I like watching the movies.
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I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.
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It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.
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I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
