John Landgraf Quotes
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody'. I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A. It's four chapters.
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We must assert to the Abrahamic people that we are the last extension of the Abrahamic religion... There is no such thing as an Islamic tribe.
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In my own life, I've seen myself ramping up the amount of text I consume digitally. For me, it's the weight and inconvenience issue – I want anything that will spare me having to carry around reams of paper.
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My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
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From the day he took office, President Obama has been open to any good idea when it comes to the budget, as long as supporting middle-class families remains our North Star. Republicans won't extract concessions over the full faith and credit of the United States.
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I want to go skydiving. I'd love to go to the Galapagos. Nature still excites me.
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Statistical studies are all over the lot about the pluses and minuses of raising the minimum wage.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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If you cry over a guy, then your friends can't date him. It can't even be considered.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
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A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.
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There is failure in every industry; there is failure in every step. It's just that we are working in an industry where everything is just out there; that is why it looks so magnified. But failure is a part of life.
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Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.
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I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.
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The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by inventing museums. Museums are about representing power. It could be the king's power or, later, people's power.
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Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.
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We're paying a lot of attention to the iPad. But we're expanding that to a tablet focus.
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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
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Never, ever cheat, especially yourself, even if you are absolutely, positively sure that you can get away with it.
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I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend.
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Every filmmaker imbues a movie with their own point of view.
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Was there ever anyone more ill-suited for being the showman of the year than me?
