Brian Friel Quotes
I know now why I stopped writing short stories. It was at the point when I recognised how difficult they were.
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I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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During my childhood, I was surrounded by actors, and all I remember is they were fun to be around. That kind of sticks.
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I consider myself somewhat spiritual, but not practicing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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We bled writing these songs, we bled in the studio, and now we're out bleeding getting them right live.
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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.
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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.
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Actually I dance really well on the floor.
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I try to stay as naive as possible so I'm not as aware as much of the risks.
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Why do they want to disarm the people? Well, they want to disarm the people on the assumption that we are not responsible enough to be trusted with the means to defend ourselves-regardless of the truth that our Founders thought that this is an essential prerequisite and precondition of liberty.
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Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. If everyday experience hasn't convinced you of this, there's research that will.
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I went out with a 40-year-old when I was 19, and since then, I don't really think much about numbers meaning anything. But I do feel like maybe I've neglected to work on developing emotionally and taking care of myself.
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A man should BE his job. You are FUCKED at yours.
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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.
