James Sinegal Quotes
The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
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Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.
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It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.
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I look at myself as an audience member. I still love movies, and I still go and sit in the back of the big dark room with everybody else, and I want the same thrill.
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I don't like things like little sandals that look fragile. I like to look strong and commanding.
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I was at our beautiful home in Martha's Vineyard, near Boston, sitting on the porch looking at the ocean when I got a phone called and was asked, 'Would I like to do 'CSI'?' A week later, I'm at a coroner's office in Las Vegas, participating in a quadruple autopsy.
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I can put tweets on a map to show who is saying what where, which could be used for marketing or social research.
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I am a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
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The biggest battles in human history can only ever be seen through the eyes of the bloke on the front line, and that's by definition a very focused view and one that will vary from individual to individual.
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Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word.
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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
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I started playing video games, and in 1978 I discovered Dungeons & Dragons and started game-mastering and writing my own adventures and creating my own worlds.
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You don't feel as self-conscious if your clothes fit.
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All graffiti is low-level dissent, but stencils have an extra history. They've been used to start revolutions and to stop wars.
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The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest human capacity to which any man could attain.
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Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.
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I took a route of acting, rather than starmaking, so it cost me a lot financially.
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Meetings are the linchpin of everything. If someone says you have an hour to investigate a company, I wouldn't look at the balance sheet. I'd watch their executive team in a meeting for an hour. If they are clear and focused and have the board on the edge of their seats, I'd say this is a good company worth investing in.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years.
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The theater business has allowed me, in a way the movie and TV business has not, to do very, very interesting work. So that's what I do.
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You can't get through medical school if you don't have a strong will and a strong constitution.
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I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got.
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The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.
