William Goldman Quotes
There’s death coming up, and you better understand this:some of the wrong people die.Be ready for it.
Quotes to Explore
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Television has shied away from being too dark, because so much has happened to us recently here in the West, and people are sort of wanting to see more uplifting sorts of things.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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Most of the cast and crew on 'Mama's Family' have been together since the 'Carol Burnett' days, so we work really well together. It's like I'm being paid to pretend I'm in show business.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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It's just difficult to see that people want to be like the actors and the performers and the politicians who are - who they see all the time, but the people that are probably having the most fun are the writers and the directors and the producers and the scientists, right, the people in the back that are getting to do the creative process.
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I am ashamed to run against a lady. It's demeaning, very degrading. I have always refused to argue with a lady.
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Filipinos want beauty. I have to look beautiful so that the poor Filipinos will have a star to look at from their slums.
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Self-esteem is made up primarily of two things: feeling lovable and feeling capable.
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I love to travel. This is the time for me. When will I do it if not now?
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Whenever I cook, I think of Spanish music, so I always have to listen to some sort of salsa. It gets your body going.
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I don't enjoy British shows as a rule because British audiences are strange.
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When you are growing at a rapid rate, there is bound to be some inflation. I think a 5% rate of inflation is something that we should take in our stride.
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We've got to stand up for ourselves. That is, draw some lines, make it clear that after awhile, we're not going to get bullied or pushed around, because I think there are some in China who want to push the United States around. They want to bully us.
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The biggest inspiration for everything I do is, of course, my wife, playwright Ruth McKee.
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There’s death coming up, and you better understand this:some of the wrong people die.Be ready for it.
