Stephen Sommers Quotes
I never want to write something until I know every scene in the movie. I don't want someone hiring me and then me not being able to write it. Which is always a fear. So I like to figure it out, know all the characters, and know almost every scene in the movie before I start writing.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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There are over a million people running around the United States that were born to parents just on Match.com alone, to say nothing of the other properties we run, so that's a million lives that our company just had a little to do with in bringing their parents together.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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Three thousand people died at ground zero. Their families are entitled to a little bit of respect, to respect the memory of those poor people that died there. And how about the families of all those soldiers that died in the two ensuing wars? Aren't they entitled to a little bit of respect - the kids, the wives, the parents?
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.
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Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.
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It has been a motto of mine my whole life - just be yourself.
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Jesus is still up in Heaven, thumbing through his Bible, going 'Where did I say build a water slide?'
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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Practically the only way to dry the swamp of radical Islam is through economic development and an improved standard of living.
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As God commands us men to teach your wife, to teach your children - to be the spiritual leader of your family - you're acting as a priest. Now, unfortunately, unfortunately, in too many Christian homes, the role of the priest is assumed by the wife.
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Having done 'M. Butterfly,' I'm conscious of the choices women make with their clothes and makeup on screen.
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That's how I judge a quarterback: Either you make plays or you don't. I don't even want to talk about mechanics.
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If someone doubts our right to exist - be it on the hills of Umm al-Fahem or in Munich's beer halls, in Gaza's crowded streets or in the thick woods of Babi Yar - it's their problem. Proud states do not break into wails and crawl under the carpet when they discover someone doesn't love them.
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With breast cancer, it's all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do.
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I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.
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Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member.
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It is easy to lay the blame on successive governments for failing to address health as a fundamental right for the Indian people. But the real tragedy is that we, the people of India, have not taken our government to task for this catastrophic failure.
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There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's sake.
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I never want to write something until I know every scene in the movie. I don't want someone hiring me and then me not being able to write it. Which is always a fear. So I like to figure it out, know all the characters, and know almost every scene in the movie before I start writing.
