Matthew Weiner Quotes
If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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This is what people need: an easy-to-deploy, easy-to-use tool.
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Your papers are marked when you go to school, but you can't mark the character.
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I wanted to join the Army the sign said 'Be All That You Can Be', they told me it wasn't enough.
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Living on a planet of fixed size requires compromise, and while we are the only party capable of negotiating, we are not the only party at the table. We've never claimed more, and we've never had less.
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From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.
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I'm not a summertime guy. The only time I really enjoy the summer is touring and performing because there is nothing else for me to do at home. It's too hot, and you can't farm. You can't hunt.
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How much do we owe the people we love? Now I would add a follow-up question: How do we cope with the fact that we can't necessarily give the people we love what they need?
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If you've ever had somebody try to sell you something - people who can sell, they really are not manipulating you. They are selling themselves.
