Silas Weir Mitchell Quotes
I think a really rich world to live in is where you're thinking in terms of human behavior and human types and not being super literal. In order to see the deeper truth, you need to break out of literal frame of mind.
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Today we try to identify a gene and then study its properties.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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Making films. It gave me a voice. Legitimately saved me.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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I guess I was always a ham, and I was anxious to try doing different things. I started doing impressions to make friends at school. I would do them during recess. Maybe some of the kids thought I was being weird, but everyone seemed to have a good time.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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Who doesn't love a 'Lifetime' movie? I think that they know their audience so well.
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I just can't do heels any more. At least not when I'm working. I travel a lot.
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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
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Sometimes when you're just thrown into something, you are more ready for it than when you have time to think it over and get nervous about it.
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In 10 months, I was replaced from three films. That's when I realised I need to take my work seriously. It's a blessing I didn't get things easy. If I had, I wouldn't realise the value of success.
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But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships - although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.
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Kerry would let Paris decide when America needs defending. I want Bush to decide.
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I don't think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.
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America enjoys the best health care in the world, but the best is no good if folks can't afford it, access it and doctor's can't provide it.
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I have a whole section of a filing cabinet in my office full of ideas. Some are ideas for books or articles I want to write. One is a romantic comedy; one's about my dad's life. I've also got ideas for books on moral relativism as well as democracy and human nature. There's also a really cool concept for a spy novel.
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Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
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I'm not saying eating babies should be legal, but when they're so delicious, what's the harm in it? I don't know what tastes better, their innocence or their gooey rib butter.
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I think a really rich world to live in is where you're thinking in terms of human behavior and human types and not being super literal. In order to see the deeper truth, you need to break out of literal frame of mind.
