Steven Zaillian (Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian) Quotes
People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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I've had every hair style imaginable.
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I don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I picked up my college copy of 'The Great Gatsby' in an attempt to recover from the movie and was interested to find out what I'd underlined. The answer was basically: everything.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of rational evidence, I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.
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Maybe I should write 'Tiger Who?' on my cap.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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I have a very feminine voice when I write, a very womanly point of view. My last name feels strong and powerful. To me, it's almost a bit masculine. I like the dichotomy of the two. Two sides perfectly represented within my name.
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Jack Nicklaus is the greatest winner I've ever seen.
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I am not helpless. Any timid minister will not go forward... I have come here to strive hard for the sake of the country, to work for the country. If anybody thinks that decision making process in the oil sector will be prevented, they are totally wrong.
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Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
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The number of business leaders who asked me to lower their taxes can be counted on one hand.
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It is perfectly possible to live a very moral life without a belief in God, and I think it's perfectly possible to live a life peppered with ill-doing and believe in God.
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Most people try to escalate a relationship too quickly. Trust is built slowly, over time. Good relationships are built little by little, and there are no shortcuts, so do not try to push the relationship to progress faster than is natural. Because relationships are progressions, follow-ups are important.
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Without movie parts I was reduced to freak status. I just couldn't stand it.
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Anymore cutting and the movie would be as silly as cutting a condensed Reader's Digest novel.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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I got into journalism because I came of age in the '60s. It just seemed one way for me to get things done.
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People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.
