Sam Simon Quotes
With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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They're like a weird couple. If you were to personify the artichoke and the oyster, they would have a great date. They would totally get along.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.
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When you're told to go brief a United States senator on a covert operation, you go do it. And you trust the information isn't going to leak.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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As more ad spending shifts online, the ability to have expertise and to innovate quickly will become critical.
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.
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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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I've got no respect for any young man who won't join the colors.
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We are all afraid for our confidence, for the future, for the world. That is the nature of the human imagination. Yet every man, every civilization, has gone forward because of its engagement with what it has set itself to do.
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You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
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I have no desire to carry a movie.
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I confess I have yet to learn that a lesson of the purest good may not be drawn from the vilest evil.
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I just believe in giving people their roses while they're living. That's my new thing - period.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more. If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
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With 'The Simpsons,' people didn't know what they were gonna see. They didn't have a clue.
