Aaron Sorkin Quotes

If you lined up 10 writers and asked them to write a movie about Steve Jobs, you'd get 10 very different movies.

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• Spare no expense to save money on this one.

  

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• When I was first starting to write plays, I quite literally had never heard of the idea of studying playwriting. I wouldn't have studied it even if I had heard of it.

  

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• I always said there's no way I'd work in America because I'm too weird and I'm too old, but somehow it's happened.

  

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• I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.

  

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• It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.

  

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• I used to conduct the last opera in Berlin on Sunday, get on a plane on Monday to Chicago, and start a rehearsal that same night, if it was a performance week.

  

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• I just thought any workout that is effective and I can do while laying down I'm signing up for.

  

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• I never want to be anywhere else than in the rehearsal room. I mean, it's so lame to say, but it makes me supremely happy to work with people and to talk and invent and laugh.

  

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• I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.

  

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• Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.

  

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• I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.

  

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• I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.

  

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• I always tell people I want to see the world through His eyes, and I want people to see Him in me.

  

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• Luckily, I work for a company that promotes on performance.

  

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• And then, of course, most potters, they go in for earth tones and subdued things, and I like color.

  

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• We hire military veterans because they make great employees. They bring proven technical and leadership skills. They understand teamwork, and they're adaptable. Bottom line, hiring veterans is good for business.

  

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• Small business owners are experiencing great uncertainty because of the possibility of tax increases, the inconsistent flow of credit, an outrageous national debt, high energy costs, and overreaching federal regulations.

  

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• It's OK to pursue speculative ideas because we don't want to be too cozy and safe and assume that we know everything about life in the universe. However, we have to be rigorous and careful and honest and logical and scientifically meticulous when we speculate.

  

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• In the spring of 1957, Mickey Mantle was the king of New York. He had the Triple Crown to prove it, having become only the 12th player in history to earn baseball's gaudiest jewel. In 1956, he had finally fulfilled the promise of his promise, batting .353, with 52 homers and 130 RBIs. Everybody loved Mickey.

  

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• By developing a sense of respect for others and a concern for their welfare, we reduce our own selfishness, which is the source of all problems, and enhance our sense of kindness, which is a natural source of goodness.

  

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• Gluttony, do not eat thy neighbor's wife's popcorn.

  

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• Am I feminist? I don't know. I'm not really sure what that is. I am all up for equality to a certain extent, although in the home, I do feel this is where the mother excels and the man needs to step back a bit. My family is from Nigeria, and this is our culture.

  

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• If you lined up 10 writers and asked them to write a movie about Steve Jobs, you'd get 10 very different movies.

  

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