Arnold Beichman Quotes
With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition.
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I entered Harvard Medical School knowing nothing of research.
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I'd work with soccer coordinators at Game Changing Films and have one or two combat training sessions with my stunt double, who's a wushu master.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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Once you get into your stride, the camera becomes like another person in the room. It's like being in a very small theatre where there is no getting away with anything because the audience is centimetres away from you.
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The biggest difference between L.A. and Edmonton was that instead of people looking at me I was looking at them.
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If ever you wish to meet intellectual frauds in quantity, go to Paris.
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That's what happens in a good horror movie: there are always metaphors of greater subjects like humanity and empathy and compassion. It's not about the action and scary moments: You really care about these characters because they're mirrors of our own reflections.
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As a director on 'The Office,' there's a tremendous weight that comes with directing features. I was being asked to direct a show that had already won an Emmy for Best Comedy. Steve Carell and the cast had already won the Screen Actor's Guild Awards.
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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I think I was a pretty normal student; I just followed most of my friends.
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I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.
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My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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A man should never neglect his family for business.
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I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to read them, because I've spent too long with them already. I'm not advertising them very well, am I?
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History is obviously dependent on the evidence, and it's always amazing to me how much evidence there is.
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Be kind to each other. It is better to commit faults with gentleness than to work miracles with unkindness.
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If I only had two dollars left I would spend one dollar on PR.
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Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.
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I want to be in a position where I can function as a human being.
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With the single exception of the American Revolution, the aftermath of all revolutions from 1789 on only worsened the human condition.
