Steven Spielberg Quotes

'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.

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• I am tone deaf.

  

  Rachelle Lefevre
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• CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.

  

  Fareed Zakaria
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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.

  

  N. T. Wright
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• I always tell people I went to the Harvard School of Comedy in front of America.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
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• Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.

  

  Wayne Dyer
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• Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.

  

  Vanessa Paradis
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• Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.

  

  Idris Elba
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• What came up at age 49 is I realized that of all the things I'm interested in, the thing I'm most interested in is figuring out what makes people tick, why people think the way they do, why they act the way they do. And I realized that music is such a great way to investigate why people do what they do.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
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  • Up
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• All the best parts of art come from pain turned to celebration.

  

  Natalia Kills
  • Art
  • Pain
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• I feel comfortable any position I play. It doesn't matter.

  

  Oscar Taveras
  • Play
  • Matter
  • Comfortable

• To expect for me to be one-way every time you see me is to expect me to be a one-dimensional man, which I've never been. I've always applauded my efforts to be diverse and multi-faceted.

  

  T.I.
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• The left-brainer and the economist in me says watch what people do, not what they say.

  

  Dan Pink
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• You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how many people want it. It works on a pair of jeans as well - they're just material and stitching, and as soon as you walk out of the shop, they're worth nothing.

  

  Damien Hirst
  • People
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• I had done quite a bit of research about math education when I spoke before Congress in 2000 about the importance of women in mathematics. The session of Congress was all about raising more scholarships for girls in college. I told them I felt that it's too late by college.

  

  Danica McKellar
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• I like mellow music. I like some jazz. But I'm not a big hard rock guy.

  

  Gary Carter
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• Since its founding, Brooks Instrument has been producing devices that measure and control the flow rate of fluids used in manufacturing processes. And for all those years, the company has relied on the standard marketing package for its sector: earnest, information-crammed manuals and brochures.

  

  Tahl Raz
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  • Marketing
  • Measure

• In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • War
  • Peace
  • Suffering

• It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.

  

  Rafael Nadal
  • People
  • Good
  • Important

• I fled my home town and did odd jobs, including things like re-designing old furniture, before I became an actor. Having said that, I don't think the story of my life is in any way remarkable. What is remarkable is how acting opportunities have come my way.

  

  Harshvardhan Rane
  • Life
  • Story
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• I have a fear of labels. If someone labels me, I have to respond - do I acknowledge it, reject it, deny it, live up to it, and defy it? Labels can affect your ability to be yourself. If you're not careful, like I wasn't when I was young, that can take a toll on you. You find yourself conforming to everyone else's ideas of who you are.

  

  B. D. Wong
  • Up
  • Live
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• Luxury is the opportunity to experience quality, be it a place, a person or an object.

  

  Keanu Reeves
  • Experience
  • Opportunity
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• 'E.T.' began with me trying to write a story about my parents' divorce.

  

  Steven Spielberg
  • Story
  • Divorce
  • E.T.