Fernando Lamas Quotes
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If only one in 1,000 people that I talk to goes on to write a good book, that's one more good book that I've helped along... and maybe it will be a book I love myself five or 10 years down the line.
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My good films were independent and my bad films were not.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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Brad Pitt is a dude who just wants to make good movies. He's not afraid to surround himself with the greatest actors, which I always appreciate because I've also seen actors who only want to surround themselves with weak actors because it makes them look better. That ends up making a poorer movie.
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I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
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In all good westerns, the good guy is always a little bit questionable because he kind-of has to make moral judgments.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.
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I keep seeing in the papers that I am good friends with Samantha Cameron. I've never met her in my life.
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The hype man's job is to get everybody out of their seats and on the dance floor to have a good time.
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A lot of people put pressure on me, but I don't think I feel that type of pressure. It is more of a good thing that people are trying to do that.
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Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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Quakers almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.
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American fiction is good. It would be nice if somebody read it.
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A good book or movie or screenplay should be emotionally satisfying. When they're done, you want people to breathe a deep sigh and say, 'Wow.'
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I guess I worry about weird existential things, like how do we spend our final act. This is a very emotional question. I can't answer it without crying. I think, You're 56 years old, what did you do? You raised two good kids. What am I going to do now that is as meaningful as that? I don't know the answer yet.
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But for me, being an editor I've been an editor of all kinds of books being an editor of poetry has been the way in which I could give a crucial part of my time to what I love most.
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I'm not saying my mother-in-law is fat - because she is of reasonable size, and I care about her and her self-image.
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It is better to look good than to feel good.
