Harold Ramis Quotes
The simple idiot's advice I give to screenwriters who say they want to sell a screenplay is, 'Write good.'
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I have to think about how to not spread myself too thin. It's a really great problem to have.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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Now I feel like whatever I do, no one can hurt me. I cannot be violated, I cannot be humiliated, I cannot be disregarded, I cannot be disrespected.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Some artists get so comfortable now after even one or two albums and think, 'I'm the biggest artist in the world,' but it's like, yeah, you are for now, but you've gotta work so that you're remembered further, and that's what I'm trying to do.
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I love architecture almost as much as I love my musicals.
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If a literary man puts together two words about music, one of them will be wrong.
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I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.
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For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I've only got a tourist's knowledge of it. I thought that if I disobeyed that basic rule of writing - write about what you know - I'd write a thin and inauthentic book.
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I love the game of hockey. I love being part of it. I think I know a lot about the game.
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The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
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For women who turn to welfare, Big Brother becomes Husband.
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Well I think if you really go out with someone for quite a long time you do get to know each other very, very well, you go through the good times, you go through the bad times. You know both personally, but also within a relationship as well.
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The voice I've chosen to turn to is that of NPR. With a reputation for some of the finest journalism in the country, the nonprofit organization is renowned for its unbiased stance - to the point that it's been accused of being both conservative and liberal.
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Clearly, once the student is no longer a student the possibilities of relationship are enlarged.
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History shows the power-grab in every religion once it gets organised. And then it's people making you do things that you don't agree with and setting the rules. But it does mean something to me to believe that we are not alone - the human animal is quite a scary thing, left on its own.
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I'm incredibly proud of 'Hannibal' and the cast - I feel like we're doing really good television.
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In essence, leaders are people who 'walk ahead,' people genuinely committed to deep changes, in themselves and in their organizations.
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The simple idiot's advice I give to screenwriters who say they want to sell a screenplay is, 'Write good.'
