Tony Gilroy (Anthony Joseph Gilroy) Quotes
I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.
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If we focus on our health, including our inner health, our self-esteem, and how we look at ourselves and our confidence level, we'll tend to be healthier people anyway, we'll tend to make better choices for our lives, for our bodies, we'll always be trying to learn more, and get better as time goes on.
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The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.
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Female clothing seems to be extremely difficult and almost like a puzzle for a man to take off. But I think if you get there, you win. A kilt is the complete opposite. The kilt is so easy to take off.
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The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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History will treat me right.
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I've been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.
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There are a million 'oughts' in the world. There's a million ways in which I ought to be serving the world. But the ways I'm gifted to serve and the opportunities that come to me to serve are not a million.
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He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole.
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I've got two contracts in my life. One, with my wife because we're married. And, two, I've got a contract to protect Andy Dalton. I'll do both of those to the best of my ability.
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I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
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Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that when I'm making a film, I find it a little bit like I'm doing it for the first time.
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In the course of my research, I've read a lot of incredibly bad books - mostly by academics. I'm puzzled as to just why their writing is so terrible. These are smart people, after all.
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I spend a lot of time in a sort of free state when I'm writing in the beginning and sketching.
