William Goldman Quotes
You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
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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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Philippians 1:21 is very special to me because it helps to keep my life centered.
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It's really an interesting problem, trying to earn a living and serve art and serve kids. What I try to create are these visual layers so that readers feel the possibility exists that there might be something in the book they never saw before.
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Rather, very, little, pretty - these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the adjective little (except to indicate size) is particularly debilitating; we should all try to do a little better, we should all be very watchful of this rule, for it is a rather important one, and we are pretty sure to violate it now and then.
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The more you relate to something or somebody speaks to you, it means more. I think that putting yourself out there like heart-on-sleeve, is really important.
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You are trying to kidnap what I have rightfully stolen, and I think it quite ungentlemanly.
