Brian Friel Quotes
I know now why I stopped writing short stories. It was at the point when I recognised how difficult they were.
Brian Friel
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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
Landon Donovan
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My company invents all kinds of new technology in lots of different areas. And we do that for a couple of reasons. We invent for fun - invention is a lot of fun to do - and we also invent for profit. The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.
Nathan Myhrvold
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I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.
Harmony Korine
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
Katee Sackhoff
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I don't need fame and I don't need power and I don't need wealth. I'm in need of friends, which I have found in abundance.
Utah Phillips
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When people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.
Kate Moss
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With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
Sam Simon
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
Barry Bonds
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
Zac Brown Band
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
D. B. Sweeney
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Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
Baruch Spinoza
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Actually I dance really well on the floor.
Oksana Baiul
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There's a disease that young writers are susceptible to, which is, I will do this because I can - hubris, I suppose - without stopping to work out why.
David Mitchell
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There is a possibility that your ability as a player may well be analysed by future generations on your one day statistics. That's the day I dread most.
Allan Border
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I started writing when I was trying to be an actor, and I happened to be friends with Tina Fey, who happened to have her show '30 Rock' coming out. So Tina, who happens to be a mentor to me, gave me my slot and hired me.
Kay Cannon
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I don't really ever think in terms of what type of person I'd love to play. I usually just read stuff and can tell. It's always fun to get to do things that stretch you and that you don't get to do a lot, but you never know until you see it.
Lauren Bowles
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I don't know how I didn't kill any one of my sisters. For this one horror film we were making, I made my own harness for my sister. I wrapped her in all these ropes, but then also put a noose around her neck and hung her from a tree. Now I think, 'What if my harness didn't work?' I'm so lucky that nothing ever happened.
Alexa Vega
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I know now why I stopped writing short stories. It was at the point when I recognised how difficult they were.
Brian Friel
