William Goldman Quotes
You're alive!" Fezzik cried. The man in black sat immobile, like a ventriloquist's dummy, just his mouth moving. "That is perhaps the most childishly obvious remark I have ever come across.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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As I matriculate my way down the field of life, I will never forget this moment and you wonderful people who helped make this day possible.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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The test is to recognize the mistake, admit it and correct it. To have tried to do something and failed is vastly better than to have tried to do nothing and succeeded.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.
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We're not going to make Evolution or any of our other products depend on Mono anytime in the near future.
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I do know some missed tackles usually that comes down to leverage, and I know those are correctable and fixable.
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My girlfriend is a fashion designer. She has her own company called Rachel Antonoff. She is doing a collaboration with Urban Outfitters right now, a shoe collaboration with Bass. She sells to Barneys, stuff like that.
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Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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I'm not the sort of writer who can walk into a party and take a look around, see who's sleeping with whom and go home and write a novel about society. It's not the way I work.
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Recent economic data shows that our economy is robust, growing and headed in the right direction. The numbers don't lie. Americans are currently enjoying falling gas prices, low unemployment, increased job creation, and a stock market that has reached an all-time high.
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Pain's nothing. Pain's what you give, not what you get.
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I just try to do my best every at-bat. That's what I plan to do.
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I remember going into a bookshop, and the only book I saw with a black child on the cover was 'A Thief in the Village' by James Berry, and I thought, 'Is this still the state of publishing?' Then I thought, 'Either I can whine about it or try to do something about it.'
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Moving to Flagstaff from the big city of Melbourne taught me what it takes to become a better runner. For one, there is the altitude, but more importantly, seeking the best is about being surrounded by the best.
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On the other hand, the seventies were drab. That is, I am utterly fascinated by the fifties and sixties.
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You're alive!" Fezzik cried. The man in black sat immobile, like a ventriloquist's dummy, just his mouth moving. "That is perhaps the most childishly obvious remark I have ever come across.
