Jeff Giles Quotes
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Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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Kevin Hart. He's the man! I like his style. He's short, so I can relate. All the stories he tells are real. I respect that, and he's just a really funny dude - great comedy instincts. To do stand-up on a stage for an hour and tell stories and make people laugh is incredible.
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No intelligent man wears a moustache voluntarily - you can write that down.
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The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme. Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful. Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just. Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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I love a mask. It's why I've got a thing about good writing. When you're acting, you're going into someone else's work. You're behind his words; it's not you.
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The physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion.
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Our goal is a title. With LeBron, we are in 'win now' mode.
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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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Wikileaks didn't help confidence with American administrations because of conversations made public so easily.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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I'm in a sketch comedy group in school and I also do stand-up.
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If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon!
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Selena is a classic and timeless singer, and she really doesn't need an introduction. Her music is always good for the soul.
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My grandmother, whom we call Biel, thinks it's very unbecoming of me not to smile for the paparazzi. So every time I see them, I think, 'Smile for Biel!'
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This is going to sound strange, but I really didn't think I would pass 30. I don't know why or whatever, I just didn't. That's a very weird thing to say, I'm sorry. I don't know. Maybe it's because I was drinking so much as a youth.
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Here's the tragedy of the modern record business: It's radio. If you're not on radio, nobody really is going to hear you or see you or care about you.
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Scott Bradfield writes weird, oblique, unsettling stuff.
