Matthew Weiner Quotes
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There are roles out there and women out there that are fascinating to me, and there are things in our culture that I see that I want to express. It's my passion to express that.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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The names are bigger, the show is worldwide, but I get a royal pass into life in the broadcasting business.
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The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order that he be able to fully develop his life functions without experiencing limitations due to his dwelling, i.e. a minimum modus vivendi in place of a modus non moriendi.
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.
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I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
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I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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My music is very innovative, in a class by itself. Nobody else is saying anything of value. What I'm trying to do is get people to think, to alter their consciousness. It's not your typical platinum formula for success.
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Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).
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There's something really cool about TV. TV, you get the luxury of having the same people around. It is such a blessing when you get a TV job. You really have a chance to get to make, like, work friends. I think TV is one of the few mediums where I've had the opportunity to get to know my crew members.
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Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves.
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I respect Marvel as a company, and I think they're great, but never in my life have I looked up to being a superhero.
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I look at my movies; I call my movies 'the kid.' It's like I'm giving birth. I'm in the cocoon, you know?
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I love standing at a microphone and making a room of people laugh. That's the part of the work I love; everything else is extraneous.
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I'm really interested in how conflicts arise and how they reach points of no return. I'm no pacifist. Sometimes force is necessary. But war is a choice.
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This is a form of double taxation and it's simply unfair.
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British independent television is exactly the same as independent cinema. Very low budget, interesting, cutting edge stuff.
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It's an ugly thing to see ambition and to see people satisfying themselves.
