Matthew Weiner Quotes
I would never want my name on something that I did not write most of. Part of television is you get rewritten.
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The more I read about feeding times, sleep times and waking-up times, the more inadequate and miserable I felt.
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I did an improv that was one of the most exhilarating ten minutes of my entire life. I mean, when you're doing it, you forget yourself.
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I don't think anybody steals anything; all of us borrow.
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I want to be remembered like Pete Rose. 'Charlie Hustle.' I want people to say, 'Wherever he was, he was always giving it his all.'
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'Cheers' was great. They paired me up with Shelley Long on this tiny bar set for the final audition. That was my first really big one, and we just clicked instantly – I still think I got the part because of Shelley.
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I fell in love with dressing myself up.
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Of course, I grew up in Communist Romania, but I am happy to say that now our country is democratic, and prospering, since the revolution in 1989.
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I'm trying to get in where I fit in and take it to the next level.
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Bombing, particularly from the perspective of the receiving end, is not 'communication.' Bombs result in death and destruction.
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I wasn't one of the ones voted most likely to succeed when I was at drama school, but I persevered and concentrated on the acting rather than going to the right parties and getting the right agent. Eventually, after ten years, it paid off.
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Why should conservationists have a positive interest in... farming? There are lots of reasons, but the plainest is: Conservationists eat.
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If we could reach the point where many of our nation's future leaders know what teachers know after teaching successfully in our highest-need schools, we would have a very different situation.
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I'm not a registered Republican or Democrat. I don't even vote.
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There is not much good spending twelve hours a day in a black hole in the ground all your life long if there’s nothing there, no secret, no treasure, nothing hidden.
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It is us today. It will be you tomorrow.
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Accepting the view that man was prior in the creation, some Scriptural writers say that as the woman was of the man, therefore, her position should be one of subjection. Grant it, then as the historical fact is reversed in our day, and the man is now of the woman, shall his place be one of subjection?
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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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Such and so various are the tastes of men.
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It is sometimes desirable to distort or accentuate with lenses of various focal lengths... Deliberate distortion may actually add to its reality.
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You cannot be responsible for salvation until first you've been responsible for sin.
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While some members of Congress have attempted to stall progress on climate change, their actions amount to little more than political theater. We will not abandon our responsibility to our children and grandchildren, nor will we cede global leadership on the defining issue of our time.
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I think something substantial will pass out of the House at some point during this term.
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One trader's move in the market can be interpreted by another trader as relevant additional information due to the uncertainty he faces.
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I would never want my name on something that I did not write most of. Part of television is you get rewritten.
