William Mapother Quotes
I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've conditioned myself to go into small independent films with the expectation that they will not, and therefore, I have to find my reward elsewhere.
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I am an American citizen born in Kuwait of Egyptian parents. I grew up in Great Britain, Malaysia, and Egypt and have lived in the United States since 1965, when I was seventeen.
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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I'm just someone who marvels at God.
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Write for yourself. That's it. And write every day.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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We're all idealistic when young.
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Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
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I didn't record any additional dialogue for this CD, they are excerpts pulled from existing episodes.
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You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.
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He vanished to the public in order to materialize for his family.
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If I get married again, I want a guy there with a drum to do rimshots during the vows.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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Scientifically speaking, if I say something, or it gets misquoted, or people put a spin on it... I mean, are you interested, really, in what people are saying?
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There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.
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What studies say the number one best way to start an exercise habit is to give yourself a reward that you genuinely enjoy.
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We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
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I've made a number of independent films that didn't receive theatrical distribution, that a lot of people haven't heard of, and as a result, I've conditioned myself to go into small independent films with the expectation that they will not, and therefore, I have to find my reward elsewhere.
