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		You're not supposed to become something else so you can get more. You're supposed to stay you and get through as yourself, because at least then you can count on that, and you don't have to ask yourself who you are half the time.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David O. Russell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Valerie Cruz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Octavio Paz 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Beau Willimon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There's nothing like a music festival. People are ready to have a good time. I don't think anyone comes to a festival going, 'I'm gonna be a complete bummer today.' 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Gary Clark Jr. 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I thought I was going to be a filmmaker but at the same time I was an intellectual and I felt that I could make a contribution to some field, as yet, not invented. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ted Nelson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You sit at your computer for hours, then slave away at your job that you may or may not like. You don't know how to explain to them that the time when you feel alive or present is when you are writing. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Karen Bender 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Patrick Stewart 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Hailee Steinfeld 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that civil rights issues take a lot of time to develop. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Larry Page 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Whatever's going on with me at the time of writing is going to find its way into the piece. If that doesn't happen, then what the hell am I doing? So if I'm writing 'Inglourious Basterds,' and I'm in love with a girl and we break up, that's going to find its way into the piece. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Quentin Tarantino 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white, and it says, 'You may have fooled some of the people some of the time, but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent, and I'm not your mommy; I'm a white piece of paper. You wanna dance with me?' and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Aaron Sorkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		L.A. is definitely a Marmite sort of place for me. I used to hate it, but now I love it. I think it really helps if you know the places and the restaurants and the nice bars to go to and if you have friends there. I've got some friends over there now, and they're not all actors, which is quite refreshing, and now I have a great time there. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tamsin Egerton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		BRAC originated in the 1960s under President Kennedy as the Department of Defense (DOD) had to realign its base structure after World War II and the Korean War. At that time, the DOD was able to close bases without congressional interference, and 60 bases were closed in the 1960s. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Brownback 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I definitely enjoy my time by myself - and that's kind of the weird thing about touring; you're kind of constantly surrounded by people - but I actually do enjoy going out and doing things and being around people. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Washed Out 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We've been back since July, but I spent some time with the family in the south of France over the summer. We rented a house with another couple and took it easy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Laura Innes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I cannot imagine myself fitting into the existing curriculum. I am too self-willed for that and have had my own very definite ideas for a long time, very different from the existing ways, as to how architecture is to be taught. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Walter Gropius 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I have the highest goals for myself. That's going out there and being the best player on the floor every time. That's my mentality. If it's Michael Jordan, you know, that's the mentality I take to the court. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Zach LaVine 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I used to play works in progress to people, but now I wait 'til it's finished, because you make excuses all the time: 'Well, there's gonna be an orchestra on it.' Rather than make excuses, wait 'til it's finished, and then they can say they don't like it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Chris Lowe 
			 
			
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		When I fought Benson Henderson for the first time, or Jamie Varner, it was always like, 'Oh man... I'm in here fighting these guys. Do I really belong here?' That's all changed now. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Donald Cerrone 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The more people know about you, the more face-time you get in the media, the harder your job becomes to create a character in whom people suspend disbelief. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Vera Farmiga 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People who sleep around to get roles are frail and scared and most likely without talent. It's their own little horror show that only they can deal with. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Bruce Campbell 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Most of the stuff that people look at on Quora today was not written in the last month. You write something really good, and maybe it's the definitive answer on the Internet for the next 10 years. Maybe it's only a year, but not like a tweet, where it's only relevant for a day or a week. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Adam D'Angelo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You're not supposed to become something else so you can get more. You're supposed to stay you and get through as yourself, because at least then you can count on that, and you don't have to ask yourself who you are half the time. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				David O. Russell