Philip M. Parker Quotes

Formula creation is magnitudes harder for computer algorithms than actually executing within a formula. But once the genre is created and the formula is known, then the computer can do the repetitive task of executing within the genre.

Philip M. Parker

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• I get horrified when I have to do table reads with the whole cast, because there's a lot of stuttering coming from me, so I have to do a lot of prep.

  

  Malin Akerman
  • Me
  • Because
  • Table

• Now an infinite happiness cannot be purchased by any price less than that which is infinite in value; and infinity of merit can only result from a nature that is infinitely divine or perfect.

  

  Adam Clarke
  • Nature
  • Perfect
  • Value

• Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.

  

  Hamdi Ulukaya
  • Long
  • Value
  • Creation

• I spent a lot of time over in England wrestling at Butlins holiday camps for Brian Dixon and All Star Wrestling.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • Time
  • Star
  • Holiday

• I busted my butt all my life building companies.

  

  Wayne Huizenga
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Building

• You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.

  

  Calvin Johnson
  • Simple
  • Woman
  • Hands

• I'm a military guy. I'm not a political character.

  

  Oliver North
  • Character
  • Guy
  • Political

• I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'

  

  Dan O'Brien
  • Time
  • Team
  • Attention

• The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

  

  Barbara Tuchman
  • War
  • History
  • Sea

• The child in you, like all children, loves to laugh, to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

  

  Wayne Dyer
  • People
  • Life
  • Children

• Your Majesty, I took the liberty because I was so desirous of visiting alone with you for a few minutes before the rest of the other peasants arrived.

  

  Walter Annenberg
  • You
  • Alone
  • Rest

• I remember Tom Stoppard saying to me when I came out, 'I feel so sorry for you, because you'll never have children.' These days I would say, 'Well, why not, Tom?'

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Children
  • Why
  • Remember

• The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • Up
  • Time
  • Experience

• It fell into my lap. I grew up doing dance classes. And one day, a film production company contacted my dance school looking for background dancers. I wasn't looking for it. It just happened. And I found myself on set. And that was that.

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Up
  • School
  • Day

• There's something very particular about the kind of rage you feel when you're alone in a practice room by yourself, unable to master a simple thing like a rudiment.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Alone
  • Simple
  • Practice

• If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.

  

  B. F. Skinner
  • Age
  • Change
  • Environment

• As a first-time director in America, I feel I've been very fortunate.

  

  Sam Mendes
  • Time
  • America
  • Feel

• If you want to control other people, first control yourself.

  

  Abu Bakr
  • People
  • Control
  • Yourself

• The 'that's right' breakthrough usually doesn't come at the beginning of a negotiation. It's invisible to the counterpart when it occurs, and they embrace what you've said. To them, it's a subtle epiphany.

  

  Christopher Voss
  • Beginning

• A good idea is to do advance research on the Internet, since an increasing number of restaurants now post their wine lists on their Web sites. Before leaving for the restaurant, take a few minutes to scan the list, maybe even look up reviews or scores online as well.

  

  Natalie MacLean
  • Internet
  • Research
  • Restaurant

• Heroes aren't always people who save others in the normal sense. Sometimes they're people who keep trying even when things seem impossible.

  

  Jeff Vandermeer
  • People
  • Trying

• Usually the films that I do are released theatrically in foreign markets. In the U.S., they're either picked up as HBO premier films or Showtime first-runs. In today's market, in America, you need at least $50 million for your budget to go to the big show, and I'm not quite there yet. But keep watching - maybe someday I will be.

  

  The Boz
  • Up
  • America
  • Today

• Formula creation is magnitudes harder for computer algorithms than actually executing within a formula. But once the genre is created and the formula is known, then the computer can do the repetitive task of executing within the genre.

  

  Philip M. Parker