William Goldman Quotes
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I don't like television when it gets near to photographed plays.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money.
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There's one thing that I like about Rome that was stated by Napoleon: that from sublime to pathetic is only one step away. And in Rome there's a constant shifting between sublime and pathetic.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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I started making movies in the early '90s, a few years after I discovered 'the cinema' during a three month stay in Paris during which I watched 100s of films.
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I went through a phase where I loved tattoos, and I loved the feeling of getting tattooed.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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Westerns are a type of picture which everybody can see and enjoy. Westerns always make money. And they always increase a star's fan following.
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Heard in full sound, the Gospels tell about the establishment of a theocracy, and portray what theocracy looks like with Jesus as king.
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I don't weigh. I don't weigh in at all.
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I love Brazilians. Brazilians ought to be made compulsory at 15.
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When I came to Delhi and noticed an insider view, I felt what it was, and I was surprised to see it. It seemed as if dozens of separate governments are running at the same time in one main government. It appeared that everyone has its own fiefdom.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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I'm not the type to lay out on the beach, but I do love to work out outside, and that can really take a toll on your skin!
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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I'm just glad to be able to work.
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I would not flinch from sacrificing even a million lives for India's liberty.
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I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.
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If we look at the fact that record covers are essentially advertisements for the music, we acknowledge a function and purpose to draw in the prospective buyer.
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Firmness is great; persistency is greater.
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My characters, I find them as I'm writing. It's quite incredible how fully realized they are in my mind, how many details I know about each of them.
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There is no room in my body for anything but you.
