Dick Wolf Quotes
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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The English countryside, its growth and its destruction, is a genuine and tragic theme.
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I like to play 'Battleship,' and I also like 'Wordle' on iPhone. These are good things to play while you're on set. 'Words with Friends' is also great.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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I've always maintained that the problem in India is that we only give credit to big contributions.
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You know, if you're at home with children, you lose twenty-five IQ points.
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I am not going to do a film based on a bad scenario just to make a big Hollywood film or work with Hollywood stars.
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Looking around, I saw so many unhappy adults, people who loathed their jobs, and I didn't want to be one of them.
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I've been a lucky boy.
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If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?
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I had a hit talk show. I just wasn't working for the right people.
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White America is in the minority.
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I will open an era of grand national unity.
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'It’s a nitwit idea.''Yes, sir.''Nitwit ideas are for emergencies. You use them when you’ve got nothing else to try. If they work, they go in the Book. Otherwise you follow the Book, which is largely a collection of nitwit ideas that worked.'
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Freedom is the very essence of our economy and society. Without freedom the human mind is prevented from unleashing its creative force. But what is also clear is that this freedom does not stand alone. It is freedom in responsibility and freedom to exercise responsibility.
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I think when someone knows who they are and is comfortable and confident with that, I think a lot of the typical, aesthetic things sort of fall by the wayside.
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I think I've had extremes of being unable to exist outside of my own head, and then I only am existing for other people... There's a middle ground where I should take care of myself and other people.
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You don't get a standing ovation and get boos, by the way. They don't go hand in hand.
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Your average game show host on TV, for instance, doesn't believe himself to be banal. He actually thinks that he's quite interesting. And if you look at the viewing figures, so do an enormous number of people in this country.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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It's a very good time for horror. This business certainly has changed, but there's still room for serious horror films. Look at 28 Days Later, that's not a tongue-in-cheek picture.
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Studying design has made me a much, much more astute observer of this aspect of business. And I'm working mightily to improve my empathic skills. I've dramatically improved my ability to read facial expressions - and I'm trying to be a better, more attentive listener.
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I think the whole business of people emigrating was that no one ever told them, although everyone knew, especially if it was to the United States, that it was forever, and the party before you left was called an 'American wake,' in the sense that they knew you wouldn't come back.
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And the consumer doesn't care. They don't watch networks, they watch TV shows.
