William Goldman Quotes
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
Fran Lebowitz -
At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.
Finn Wittrock -
Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
Irwin Winkler -
This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
Paracelsus -
I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
Nathan Bedford Forrest -
Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
Dale Carnegie
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I'm not of the American ilk that, you know, your lover needs to be your best friend and know you inside out. I think he should know you well enough to please you. Otherwise, what secret will there be to tell him when you're ninety?
Padma Lakshmi -
Oh God, my choice of film has never depended on the hero. In fact, you will see that some of my categorical mistakes had nothing to do with the hero in it.
Kajol -
When you are a media celebrity, every word you speak is dissected, as are those you choose not to speak.
Nancy Gibbs -
My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
Sam Smith -
I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.
Walter F. Mondale -
I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
Gary Cole
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I go home, and I'm a blob. I just lay there and don't do anything - lay by the pool with the other husbands while the wives work. It's fantastic. It's really good. That's kind of our life at home.
Garth Brooks -
Any athlete has massive reserves in their body and their emotional landscape.
Edoardo Ponti -
I am a self-critical perfectionist.
Victoria Pendleton -
I was reading about all of these medical and psychological experimental programs that the government and various intelligence agencies had run throughout the 20th century. Any book you can read on that, there's some really horrifying and fascinating stuff that goes on there.
Caitlin Kittredge -
I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?' You just can't help it; it's the way people are.
Irvine Welsh -
I can be very ordinary looking.
Rachel Tucker
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Albert Camus, a great humanist and existentialist voice, pointed out that to commit to a just cause with no hope of success is absurd. But then, he also noted that not committing to a just cause is equally absurd. But only one choice offers the possibility for dignity. And dignity matters. Dignity matters.
David Simon -
I guess it's true what they say: if we could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.
C. J. Anderson -
I was a very earthly, matronly, plus-size little girl with a pure heart.
Paula Pell -
I painted a painting called 'Milk River' in 1963 Cows don't give milk if they don't have grass and water Tremendous meaning of that is that painters can't give anything to the observer. People get what they need from a painting. The painter need not die because of responsibility. When you have inspiration and represent inspirationThe observer makes the painting.
Agnes Martin -
Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
William Goldman