Dan Gilroy Quotes
I watch a lot of television, for better or worse, and I am particularly interested in what Michael Moore brought up in 'Bowling for Columbine,' which is the idea that they're selling a narrative of fear.
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The will is commendable though the ability may be wanting.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
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When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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The real ornament of woman is her character, her purity.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.
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Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the link between the fear and your thinking. Don't let the fear rise up into your mind. Use the power of the Now. Fear cannot prevail against it.
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It was once religion which told us that we are all sinners because of original sin. It is now the ecology of our planet which pronounces us all to be sinners because of the excessive exploits of human inventiveness.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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A goal is a dream with a deadline.
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If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
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I feel that religion can be used as a tool to guide your life and help you connect with other people.
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Free services like Wikipedia I don't think benefit anyone - they don't benefit the professional because they're not paid.
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Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.
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Once we begin to speak of men mixing their labour with the earth, we are in a whole world of new relations between man and nature, and to separate natural history from social history becomes extremely problematic.
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That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.
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I watch a lot of television, for better or worse, and I am particularly interested in what Michael Moore brought up in 'Bowling for Columbine,' which is the idea that they're selling a narrative of fear.
