Matthew Scully Quotes
'Cost-saver' in industrial livestock agriculture may usually be taken to mean 'moral shortcut.'
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The camera fails to capture the 'business' in show business! We typically will give 10 percent of our salary to the agent, 10 percent to the manager, and 5 percent to the lawyer, plus the publicist gets a flat fee, which needs to be budgeted for.
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Merlin really taught me how to concentrate, that you play each play as if it were the only play. And if you put all the plays together like that, then you'll come out on top.
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For me, I think there's a lot more room in cable television to tell broader stories. NBC and the networks, they're all very mainstream, and they're a little more conservative in how they approach storytelling.
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The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
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Unfortunately, the public might not know that we get a script usually two days before shooting. So sometimes I'm shooting an episode and don't even know how it's going to end because I haven't read that yet.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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A Constitution should be short and obscure.
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Acting was something I had to do.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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He was what I often think is a dangerous thing for a statesman to be - a student of history; and like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God.
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At the end of the day, teachers aren't going to mess about trying to make me into an Einstein, 'cause it was never gonna happen. We can't all be brainy, can we? That's just the way the world is.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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I'm not tall enough to be a model, but I wish I was 6-foot, because I love it. It's kind of artsy, and I'm artsy. And I love clothes.
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I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
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A man cannot spend his life worrying about the unexpected.
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If banks anticipate government will come to the rescue should the credit market go badly awry, they may make loans that would otherwise be imprudent, e.g. subprime loans with little prospect of repayment.
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To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
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'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.
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What unites us is an unconditional love for France.
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'Cost-saver' in industrial livestock agriculture may usually be taken to mean 'moral shortcut.'
