Aaron Sorkin Quotes
I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.
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More modern poetry is written than read.
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Irrespective of any political party, I am a supporter of good people who want to do something for the society.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I'm not a really religious person, but those moments onstage feel like some sort of religious experience because no one holds back, especially 'Stay With Me' when I finish the show. It kind of turns into an anthem when I perform it live, and it feels like there's a lot of love in the room.
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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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After the events of the 20th century, God, quite reasonably, left Europe. But He's still here in the United States.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Facebook's privacy policies are confusing to many people, and the company has changed them frequently, almost always allowing more information to be exposed in more ways.
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I have always admired the work of Phil Farmer and was glad for the chance to work with him. Readers today may be too young to remember his classics like The Lovers.
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When you close your doors, and make darkness within, remember never to say that you are alone, for you are not alone; nay, God is within, and your genius is within. And what need have they of light to see what you are doing?
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I can't remember my dreams more than a couple of seconds after I wake up. It's frustrating because sometimes I dream that I'm watching a really good movie.
