Philip J. Kaplan Quotes
I knew that if I concentrated on AdBrite, I could probably make a big company out of it.
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I believed I was invincible.
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War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.
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I like to play the weirdos. I like to play the people that are hard to like. You get to say and do things that you would never say and do in real life.
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To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant of everything that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed; and, although this subject principally occupied my thoughts, there was nothing that I saw or heard of to which my attention was not directed.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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Men are irrelevant.
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'Grandmother' doesn't mean that you have gray hair and you retire and stay home cooking cakes for your grandchildren.
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Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation.
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I love Canada.
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I've never done this level of physical preparation for something. Particularly for 'Rogue One' where I was training every day and doing kung fu rehearsals on a daily basis. But that's part of the reason I wanted to do it, because it was very different from what I've done before.
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I wanted to be an outstanding player, that was my ambition.
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The first time onstage, a light went on. 'OK, this is my thing. I'm comfortable here. This is my thing.'
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My friends and family have always been extremely supportive, but the support I've received from fans has been so overwhelming. I love hearing all of their 'Fight Song' stories; I have been so inspired by so many of them.
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I'm finally just relaxed and comfortable with who I am.
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I did a play called 'Disgraced' in 2012 at Lincoln Center, which ultimately won the Pulitzer Prize. I played the lead character, a Muslim American, who had renounced Islam and became very anti-Islam.
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Sometimes as writers, we try and put narrative development above character development. We try to move our characters around like chess pieces that do our bidding. The problem with that is sometimes the characters do things they shouldn't do. Things that are inorganic.
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America is the most giving nation on Earth. One of the best ways to feel better is by doing something for somebody else.
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I think a lot of us are a lot more cautious with marriage because of what we saw happening with our parents. I see a lot more healthy marriages in my generation than they probably saw in theirs.
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My concern was whether I could do the job of a justice well enough to convince the nation that my appointment was the right move.
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I knew that if I concentrated on AdBrite, I could probably make a big company out of it.
