Geoffrey S. Fletcher Quotes
I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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Think and grow rich.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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Pure art is a noble pursuit. Applied art is a business. That's one reason design firms have been so eager of late to add consulting and manufacturing to their core aesthetic competencies.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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Nirvana was huge, but it didn't appeal to everyone.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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Computer animation is one way to liberate people from their circumstantial gravity, and it is one way to give them mental freedom.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
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It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.
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It is not my purpose to attempt a real autobiography. I simply want to tell the story of my experiments with truth...as my life consists of nothing but those experiments.
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In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.
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Electroclash is good because it's stayed underground.
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I don't make any distinction between a popular TV series or blockbuster film and doing Shakespeare. They're different, but as long as the material is good and the intention is honourable, it's all the same to me.
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I love so many different genres. I love crime films - and unusual coming-of-age pieces.
