Steven Spielberg Quotes
There's been more written about Lincoln than movies made about him or television portraying him. He's kind of a stranger to our industry, to this medium. You have to go back to the 1930s to find a movie that's just about Abraham Lincoln. I just found that my fascination with Lincoln, which started as a child, got to the point where after reading so much about him I thought there was a chance to tell a segment of his life to to moviegoers.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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Entrepreneurship is the very back bone of our country and what makes us great - we are a nation of founders.
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I'm a professional, and I know what I have to do. I know where I've failed and how I've grown up.
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I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.
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In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.
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I believe women are the glue of everything.
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Developing nations want to become developed nations.
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If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.
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I got hit with an octopus in Detroit one time. It was the most gross thing I've ever had happen. I got it right in the back of the neck; all the juice was coming down. It was awful.
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And I'm always interested when other musicians are trying to discover new worlds of sound.
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You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
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All that I say is, examine, inquire. Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against. Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you.
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I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.
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Whoever does not philosophize for the sake of philosophy, but rather uses philosophy as a means, is a sophist.
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The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.
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The biggest influence on my books was the fact that I had worked in a newspaper for so long. In a daily paper, you learn to write very quickly; there is no time to sit and brood about what you are going to say.
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I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.
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It's very hard to find true friends when your life is a bumpy ride full of twists and turns. But, I'm glad that amidst all the ramblings in my life I have managed to win some great friends.
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I find the aristocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the architecture is so white and gated. But in New York, it's different - even uptown it's really grand, and there's no real segregation there. It's all mixed up.
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I'd been a film maniac since I was very young; by the time I was eight or nine years old, I was hooked on movies.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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When you can leave a race track and there's people in tears because they won and (people) in tears because they got crashed, you know, that's what brings us to the race track.
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There's been more written about Lincoln than movies made about him or television portraying him. He's kind of a stranger to our industry, to this medium. You have to go back to the 1930s to find a movie that's just about Abraham Lincoln. I just found that my fascination with Lincoln, which started as a child, got to the point where after reading so much about him I thought there was a chance to tell a segment of his life to to moviegoers.
