Matthew Weiner Quotes
Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments.
Quotes to Explore
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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Of course my parents are picky about the girls I date; my parents watch out for me.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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The dove act? I'm still working on it. I don't think it's perfect yet. I got my first pair of doves when I was 14 years old. That was the beginning of the formation of that act. So it's been 24 years now that I've been working on it.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake.
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We're becoming so much better at destigmatizing all sorts of things, including mental illness in 'Silver Linings.'
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I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
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I was in Congress for six months, and they put me on blood pressure medication. I flew helicopters in combat and I was fine, and I survived 13 months in recovery in the hospital... I got to Congress, and six months later I'm on blood pressure medication. Fourteen months later, they doubled the dosage!
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It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?
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I like restraint. Even with actors, restraint is something that I work on the most.
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I always was intrigued with writing my own stuff, and I was always really bad at learning other people's stuff.
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When you're performing on Broadway every night, you're so much more accessible to people in the industry. Everybody is going to know who you are.
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I have learned from Jesus Christ Himself what charity is, and how we ought to practise it; for He says: "By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye love one another." Never can I, therefore, please myself in the hope that I may obtain the name of a servant of Christ if I possess not a true and unfeigned charity within me.
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Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments.
