Jez Butterworth Quotes
I don't think that writers have any responsibility to be good neighbors to the audience.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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Defendants are being evaluated based on numerical grid without any aggravating circumstances being considered. The effect has been to transfer the disparity from the judge to the prosecutor allowing for a great deal of leeway on indictments.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Ever since it was announced that Ryan Murphy intended to produce 'The People v. O.J. Simpson,' I have been inundated with the question as to 'How do I feel about it?' All I can say is, for me, it was personally the most heartbreaking tragedy that altered my life forever.
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In passing, also, I would like to say that the first time Adam had a chance he laid the blame on a woman.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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The game has given me so much, and I tried to give so much back to the people who have showed me so much love day after day.
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Filipinos don't wallow in what is miserable and ugly. They recycle the bad into things of beauty.
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You need to get down among the people who are the dirtiest and dustiest, and the depravity, and you need to see Christ's light shining there.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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Other people pull off amazing festivals and events and things like that. I think ours is a little bit different, and that's what makes us distinct.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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Oh God, I'm awful at sports. In gym I just try and avoid getting hit in the face.
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I'm not an actor who appears on the stage and gives people advice on how to live or what to do and entertains them. It is not my specialty.
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On a professional side, you've got a tough problem to fix, Geoff Miller's going to do it, and he's always going to do it to very high standards, and he's always going to be on the side of right. He's always talking about 'what right looks like' - just a phrase he would always use.
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When I'm picking songs for an album I always want a song that I can relate to and that I have experienced. There's nothing worse than watching an artist try and sell a song that isn't believable coming from them.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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I enjoy money.
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I draw on a lot of cinematic influences like Ingmar Bergman and Wim Wenders, artists who let a story take its time. Comics are a visual medium, and visuals should be allowed to tell some of that story.
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I've learned there's a big difference between a long-focused value investor and a good short-seller. That difference is psychological and I think it falls into the realm of behavioral finance.
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I don't think that writers have any responsibility to be good neighbors to the audience.
