Matthew Pearl Quotes
I tend to have an endless number of ideas for writing projects. I don't necessarily say that as a good thing. Maybe it's a good thing, but I have ideas for all kinds of projects: contemporary novels, graphic novels, anything that happens to go through my mind.
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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Hollywood is the only thing more ridiculous than Silicon Valley. There's nowhere else where it's stranger.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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For me, it is very important to control a situation in defence. You can always score goals, but you have to add stability in the defence.
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I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Chess was natural for me; I was extremely successful.
Garry Kasparov -
I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me.
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If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
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I was not the popular kid in school.
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I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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An English village could never be mistaken for an American one: the outline against the sky differs; a thatched cottage makes a very wavy line on the blue above.
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The thing that happened in Ferguson touched many of us in a specific way.
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While the web is very much the first draft of history, a rough-cut, it still has to be good journalism, well-sourced, reliable. Clearly, the printed form is going to have more effort put into it, going to be more reflective and relevant.
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I tend to have an endless number of ideas for writing projects. I don't necessarily say that as a good thing. Maybe it's a good thing, but I have ideas for all kinds of projects: contemporary novels, graphic novels, anything that happens to go through my mind.
