Harold Ramis Quotes
There was a moment when we were casting 'Groundhog Day' when Bill Murray was not at the top of my list. He'd been getting crankier and crankier. By the end of 'Ghostbusters II', he was pretty cranky. I thought, 'Do I want to put up with this for twelve weeks?'
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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We wrote 'Olive Kitteridge' as six hours, and they asked us to make it in four.
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Slick marketing, high-tech production values, and a practical message have created a product that plays well to today's fickle churchgoer. Megachurches - defined as congregations with more than 2,000 members - number close to 600 in the United States.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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I think comedy is the perfect vehicle for that which is slightly beyond life.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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When we shoot 'Scrubs' I spend every waking hour of my life in an abandoned and haunted hospital. All I can date there are ghosts and they tend to be horrible snugglers.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Today there are paparazzi out, I'm doing a day of press, I'm in a hotel, I've just been on Radio 1. But when I'm in my day-to-day life people don't know who I am and I'm left to my own devices.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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I've tried coconut water straight up before, and to me, it's a little funky.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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I like making things. I don't like getting my picture taken.
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I don't want to acquire whatever 'fame' is.
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The Healthy Homes Tax Credit Act will help ensure that all families, regardless of their income, can protect their children from the lifelong health impacts of lead poisoning.
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No matter how senior an official is, if he violates party discipline and the law of the country, he will be seriously dealt with and punished.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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There was a moment when we were casting 'Groundhog Day' when Bill Murray was not at the top of my list. He'd been getting crankier and crankier. By the end of 'Ghostbusters II', he was pretty cranky. I thought, 'Do I want to put up with this for twelve weeks?'
