Michael Arndt Quotes
I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.
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It is possible in this world to be pretty and funny and successful all at the same time.
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I can't help but laugh at how perfect I am.
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If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat.
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I don't actually do any exercise, which is really bad. But I wear heels a lot. My theory is that it's painful, so it's gotta do something.
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People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.
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I am continually pleasantly surprised by how many people are showing up at shows and are younger than our first record.
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I stay away from the elf roles; I stay away from playing a leprechaun. All the roles I try to do are something that an average actor would do.
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First I opened a check account. I looked at the - I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent.
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I was joined by Carlo Rovelli, and we were able to make a full-fledged quantum theory of gravity... This became loop quantum gravity.
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Alcohol make you drunk, man. It don't make you meditate, it just make you drunk. Herb is more a consciousness.
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Iranians are very proud and don't want to become a pariah state like North Korea.
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The way that we are going to solve social problems is by working with multiple different types of investing.
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If somebody wants me to speak in, say, Chicago, a limousine picks me up at the door to brings me to the airport. I fly at the front of the plane, and a limousine meets me at the other end to take me to a grand hotel, and usually an envelope is left for me with a per diem, maybe $150-a-day walking around money, and then I go home.
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I saw a specialist who asked me 'Are you familiar with the phrase faecal impaction?'. I said I think I saw that one with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.
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I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be.
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Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.
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As for what's the most challenging aspect of teaching, it's convincing younger writers of the importance of reading widely and passionately.
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I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world.
