James Bernard Frost Quotes
I first became familiar with Dave Eggers's work when I was living in San Francisco and enrolled at USF's MFA Program.
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I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.
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My parents got to see all my hard work pay off.
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Hard work is not why I have been successful as a model.
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I'm not a good rapper. For whatever reason, my brain does not work that way. I just do the beginning, like, 'Yeah, yeah! Ha ha! Woo! What up? Come on! Get at me!' I'm Captain Hook.
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I have a really beautiful life right now, so there is no reason to be hostile. I'm a husband, a father and a man who tries to do the right thing in life and in my work.
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The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.
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Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
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I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
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When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'
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God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal.
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When I diced vegetables, it was painstaking work to make sure that every single piece looked the same: 1/4-inch cubed for small, 3/4-inch cubed for large. It's a matter of practice and precision.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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It's not blaming the victim. It's not anybody's fault. They just did something that didn't work, that's all.
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Yes, actually ever since I saw his films and tried to write about them, Sirk's been in everything I've done. Not Sirk himself, but what I've learned from his work.
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Red carpets and dressing up are a part of work that I enjoy less than some people.
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After 'A Separation,' I found it much easier to work in Iran because I worked with very enthusiastic people who were very involved in the work, and that facilitated a number of things. It made it possible to iron out some of the difficulties found by other filmmakers in Iran.
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'The Last Ship,' which is a beautifully written piece, is about a love triangle and young men working in a shipyard. Audiences may prefer to see a show that allows them to forget about their worries for an evening.
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For me, I want a president who is more than a symbol, someone who has ideas that I align with.
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I've been struggling so long with my career that I haven't been in a position to invite a woman into my life. It would have been like, 'Hey, come live with me and my two roommates, and let's make ramen noodles tonight.'
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Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.
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I first became familiar with Dave Eggers's work when I was living in San Francisco and enrolled at USF's MFA Program.
