William Goldman Quotes
You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
Quotes to Explore
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.
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Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
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I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
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All paths are the same, leading nowhere. Therefore, pick a path with heart!
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture in which suffering has its place, a world picture that takes suffering into account.
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I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
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I'm a normal guy.
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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
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There's no people like show people.
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The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
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I'm tired of being hunted all over. I can't go anywhere without criticism.
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A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.
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Don’t we all know how to ask questions? Of course we think we know how to ask, but we fail to notice how often even our questions are just another form of telling—rhetorical or just testing whether what we think is right. We are biased toward telling instead of asking because we live in a pragmatic, problem-solving culture in which knowing things and telling others what we know is valued.
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I have been directing and involved in producing and the creating of films for quite a while as well as acting. I always think in terms of what the director needs, and not just for this scene but for the film.
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Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security.
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You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
