David Benioff Quotes
Sometimes I get jealous when I'm reading a great book by a younger writer. But 'White Tiger' is so good, I almost forgot to hate Aravind Adiga.
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I have to be realistic about what I can and can't do. So whatever I do has to really be worth it. I like to master the things I do.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.
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I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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I do believe that reading can help you understand what you're writing and see what others are doing. But sometimes the desire for more information can act as an inhibitor.
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Put paying your dues and all that puts so much into being a success. You have an understanding of what it's about, being on your own for three or four years and living day to day on $3, or living in an apartment with no electricity.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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When you have an iPad and 75 books on it, it's so easy to go, 'I'm bored, I'm just going to read something else.'
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys. But I've been able to do different things.
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Experience is a great teacher.
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The people who know me do not ask me about the next book or how it's going. They ask, 'Jason, are you sleeping?' because they know my brain will not shut down.
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I'm a firm believer that there's no way that a six-year-old should have a helmet on and learn a tackling drill.
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Sometimes I get jealous when I'm reading a great book by a younger writer. But 'White Tiger' is so good, I almost forgot to hate Aravind Adiga.
