Simon Kinberg (Simon David Kinberg) Quotes

Usually, you just have a hero and a villain - in any movie, not just a superhero movie.

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• Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.

  

  Otto Schily
  • Parents
  • Me
  • Knows

• I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.

  

  Randa Haines
  • Sun
  • Inspired
  • Look

• Death is not extinction. Neither the soul nor the body is extinguished or put out of existence.

  

  Oliver Joseph Lodge
  • Soul
  • Death
  • Body

• I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.

  

  Halle Berry
  • Life
  • Mother
  • Black

• In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.

  

  Fabrizio Moreira
  • Victory
  • Performance
  • Debate

• The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.

  

  Camilla Lackberg
  • Think
  • Environment
  • Fiction

• My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

  

  Raf Simons
  • People
  • Life
  • Creative

• There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.

  

  Jackie DeShannon
  • Good
  • Writing
  • Remember

• If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.

  

  J. K. Simmons
  • People
  • Good
  • Business

• Wanting to be a rock star, I get it. I'm like, 'Oh, my God, dude! The freedom!'

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • God
  • Freedom
  • Rock

• When I started doing standup when I was 17, I was talking about being Indian and specifically ethnic jokes. Straightforward stuff that was fairly ignorant that I knew would get the laugh. It wasn't flipping stereotypes; it was using them.

  

  Hari Kondabolu
  • Doing
  • Laugh
  • Stereotypes

• Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Long
  • Dream
  • Deep

• I've always loved film and wanted to work in film. I just love working and creating new characters, and trying different genres and different things.

  

  Alison Brie
  • Work
  • Different
  • Trying

• Any politician who's ever been re-elected knows that friends come and go; enemies accumulate.

  

  Jim Cooper
  • Friends

• When I first arrived, I likened Congress to being back in school again as a freshman. Well, just like school, we have an 'August recess,' but don't let the name fool you - it's not even close to a vacation.

  

  Jared Polis
  • School
  • Fool
  • Vacation

• I cry at Kodak commercials.

  

  Alice Ripley

• Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach his goals.

  

  Dorothy Height
  • She
  • Goals
  • Greatness

• I don't know if I believe in marriage. I believe in family, love and children.

  

  Penelope Cruz
  • Believe
  • Children
  • Family

• I always liked doing all sorts of different things. As a kid growing up, I was always drawing and painting - always doing art. But I also loved movies and music, so as I started doing everything, I liked every aspect. It's not really that I am a control freak; it's just that is what I love.

  

  Rob Zombie
  • Up
  • Music
  • Different

• Competition is a powerful and essential part of this nation's economy and vital to cutting government costs.

  

  Sam Graves
  • Government
  • Powerful
  • Competition

• Due to mistakenly believing that outer problems are their own problems, most people seek ultimate refuge in the wrong objects. As a result, their suffering and problems never end.

  

  Kelsang Gyatso
  • People
  • Suffering

• If you're writing an opinion piece, it's your job to write your opinion. If, on the other hand, you wrote a novel, as Virginia Woolf tells us, it would be inappropriate if you let your novel be influenced by your political opinions.

  

  David Mamet
  • Writing
  • Job
  • Political

• Usually, you just have a hero and a villain - in any movie, not just a superhero movie.

  

  Simon Kinberg
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