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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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 don't know about whether I thought I would make it this big.
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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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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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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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A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power.
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I get very involved with my things, and they are not standard equipment.
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I have had to learn about saying no.
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The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.
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Each man seeks his own interest, not the general interest. Let his own selfish interests be touched, and all concord is at an end.
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I took up an offer for me to lose 30 pounds in 30 days. It worked. I lost 30 days!
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I'll never put my memoirs in print.
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When I was about 12 years old, I knew I had to take the game more seriously if I wanted to be able to provide for my family.
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I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account.
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I can parallel park pretty well - I'm a great driver.
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Evolution is ultimately why cancer is so deadly. Take two biopsies from different sides of a tumor, and they can be genetically very different, making it that much harder to fight. Variation is the toolbox of evolution, and this variation gives cancer strength.
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Everyone has an idea that they think would be a great movie. Everyone has a cousin who they think you should work with.
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Making a movie is still very difficult in Hollywood, regardless of what you have and what level you're at. It is a house of cards, and things have to perfectly align.
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Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.
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It's a funny thing about being raised Catholic and then going to Catholic schools with nuns - the cliche about the mean nun was not what I had at all. They were very, very smart, devoted individuals.
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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.
