Jeff Lindsay Quotes

What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

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• Not to oversimplify it, somebody once said a good rule of thumb in interpreting a character is to find the good in the bad people that you portray and the bad in the good.

  

  Gabriel Byrne
  • People
  • Good
  • Character

• I would heartily welcome the union of East and West provided it is not based on brute force.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Force
  • Welcome
  • West

• I'm still shocked when people say, 'You haven't done a studio record in 20 years.' I try to make excuses for it, but the truth is I just wasn't with it.

  

  Ace Frehley Kiss
  • People
  • Done
  • Truth

• I don't mind having these relatives. I'll give them a little, since they all prayed for my victory.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • Mind
  • Victory
  • Give

• I was very fortunate to hook up with Jerry in the first place. The network was already committed to doing something with him, so I skipped a couple of hundred steps right there.

  

  Larry David
  • Up
  • Couple
  • Doing

• When I'm not working... I'm an actor! I'm auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for boyfriends, play MASH, the usual.

  

  Xosha Roquemore
  • Fun
  • Play
  • Drink

• The wise man knows how to run his life so that contemplation is Possible.

  

  Gabriel Marcel
  • Life
  • Man
  • Wise

• People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • People
  • Driving
  • Blame

• To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.

  

  Walter Pater
  • Thought
  • Modern
  • Principles

• I stopped playing in Jr. events when I was 12 and played women's.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
  • Women
  • Playing
  • Events

• Anything with a good story and characters I think would be great.

  

  Kara Hayward
  • Good
  • Great
  • Think

• I write the poems first, with only a few exceptions for odd reasons, where I'm given the illustration first.

  

  Jack Prelutsky
  • First
  • Odd
  • Exceptions

• I love having a lot of content. I prefer to have constant stimulation.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Love
  • Content
  • Prefer

• I'm not sad about any of my life. It's so unconventional. It doesn't look anything like I thought it would.

  

  Edie Falco
  • Life
  • Thought
  • Sad

• Action set pieces are my absolute favorite thing to write. I'm pretty much always in the mood to do them, but music certainly helps the process. I usually brainstorm out the dynamics and choreography of a fight to music beforehand - it gives me the little sparks of imagination when I get to the gaps in my own creativity.

  

  Victoria Aveyard
  • Music
  • Pretty
  • Action

• On 'The Guiding Light' I enjoyed working with Jamie Goodwin and Ellen Parker, who played my sister. I loved working with Jerry Ver Dorn and Jay Hammer. I mean, there's some great fun people that I've really enjoyed.

  

  Kassie DePaiva
  • People
  • Great
  • Fun

• I wish that they had the freedoms like the Japanese and the Koreans and the Mexicans and everybody else that has that freedom to come over here and play the game, because I know Cuba has a very strong baseball history.

  

  Rafael Palmeiro
  • History
  • Game
  • Strong

• I'm a big fan of films that I grew up on and would watch obsessively, over and over again. If I didn't feel like I got everything on the first watch good, I want to see it again immediately.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Up
  • Good
  • Want

• Discipline is remembering what you want most, not what you want now.

  

  Billy Blanks
  • Want
  • Discipline
  • Now

• Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explored mining, rail transport, television, communication, Internet service - there very common examples around the world that we can draw examples from.

  

  Gar Alperovitz
  • World
  • Country
  • Common

• I don't think you ever know in yourself whether you have gone mad. You exist in a bubble. There comes a point where you suddenly feel not really a part of the world, you're just passing through.

  

  Chris Lowe Pet Shop Boys
  • World
  • Mad

• If anything, there is something quite musical in Shakespeare's heightened use of language and the way he shapes his speech.

  

  Jessie Buckley

• One way a collaboration can go wrong is if your connection is inauthentic or overly prescriptive.

  

  Mark Parker
  • Connection
  • Collaboration

• What my research told me is that a psychopath cannot change. You're born like that.

  

  Jeff Lindsay