Tony Gilroy (Anthony Joseph Gilroy) Quotes

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

Tony Gilroy

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• Self-esteem is a powerful force within each of us... Self-esteem is the experience that we are appropriate to life and to the requirements of life.

  

  Nathaniel Branden
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• After I directed, when I went back to being an actor, I was like, 'God, this is the life!' Because you only have to concentrate on one thing.

  

  Campbell Scott
  • Life
  • God
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• No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.

  

  Daniel Barenboim
  • Life
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• I grew up in Oregon so I grew up around reservations, so I've always kind of had this knowledge. Not a tremendous amount of knowledge, but an outsider's knowledge of what reservation life was like.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
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• I grew up riding horses since I was eight. I rode English style and competed every weekend. I had two horses, Scout and Camille, and they were my babies. It taught me a lot about responsibility and commitment. I hope horses will always be in my life.

  

  Halston Sage
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• As an assistant operations officer for a helicopter task force in Iraq, I saw my fellow Guardsmen and soldiers risk life and limb to maintain diesel fuel supply lines.

  

  Tammy Duckworth
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• Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.

  

  Kate Millett
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• Here's something I probably shouldn't be saying: I never listen to my soundtrack albums because I can't stand it. It's just stereo. When I write, I write in surround. My life is in surround.

  

  Hans Zimmer
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• When you get bullied, you automatically think that you're the reason why you're getting bullied. The reality is, it's about them, not you... I'm all about blocking people. I'm all about saying, 'You know what, I don't need this in my life.'

  

  Kat Graham
  • People
  • Life
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• I think that I, Jack McBrayer, am somewhat of a people pleaser, and I do enjoy being good at my job. But I would never endanger my life with gullibility or naivete.

  

  Jack McBrayer
  • People
  • Life
  • Good

• Everyone and his Big Brother wants to log your browsing habits, the better to build a profile of who you are and how you live your life - online and off. Search engine companies offer a benefit in return: more relevant search results. The more they know about you, the better they can tailor information to your needs.

  

  Barton Gellman
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• We need to encourage young women to find what they love to do. That is a very valuable pursuit - more so than the pursuit of a boyfriend. When you have that core, you bring that core to every aspect of your life.

  

  Candace Bushnell
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• I've moved around so much my whole life, and I've gotten so used to being the Other in situations - the foreigner, the outsider. The first time I've ever felt like there was no separation between me and the other elements was in music.

  

  Abigail Washburn
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• The best things in life are often waiting for you at the exit ramp of your comfort zone.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Life
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• I do think there's a lot more we can do on the life agenda.

  

  Sam Brownback
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• My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to.

  

  Dan Fogelberg
  • Life
  • Myself
  • My Life

• My perception of life is not to ask Francois Hollande, who isn't the father of my children, to support me financially.

  

  Valerie Trierweiler
  • Life
  • Children
  • Father

• Praised be the fathomless universeFor life and joy and for objects and knowledge curious;And for love, sweet love-But praise! O praise and praiseFor the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding Death.

  

  Walt Whitman
  • Life
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• Today's kids aren't taking up arms against their parents; they're too busy texting them.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Up
  • Kids
  • Today

• To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic.

  

  Albert Schweitzer
  • Knowledge
  • Question
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• Claire Danes in 'Homeland' just blew me away. She is so intuitive, and her choices are so unique. When you see somebody like that work, you just have to stop in your tracks. It is a lesson in what good acting really is, and it is so inspiring to be around.

  

  Jeremy Podeswa
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• No one wants to follow a pessimist... You can be skeptical, you can be realistic, but you can't be cynical. If your boss is Eeyore, do you want to work with someone like that? Oh, bother.

  

  Bob Iger
  • Work
  • Boss

• I'll exercise in spurts, usually inspired by a dress that I have to fit into. But once that gown is squeezed into, if I continue to exercise, I get sick or I pull my back. For some reason my body literally rejects exercise.

  

  Debra Messing
  • Exercise
  • Inspired
  • Sick

• I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

  

  Tony Gilroy
  • Life
  • Ideas
  • Lying