Gabriel Mann Quotes
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I'm the worst at picking what movies are going to do well. I have no idea. I'm really surprised if a movie I like does well.
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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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You set up the story, but the characters start talking, and they go places that you didn't expect. You have to follow.
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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The only thing that is real is the being in you that is going to die.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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I have a lot of vinyl, but I only buy old records on vinyl. Like secondhand. It's too expensive otherwise.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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Well I think always, when you remake films, I always think the first one is most original, authentic.
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Top-down authority structures turn employees into bootlickers, breed pointless struggles for political advantage, and discourage dissent.
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I rewrite my books many times before submitting them, and after my editor takes a look I wind up rewriting some more! It's a good thing I learned at an early age to keep on trying. Stick to it, and eventually you'll get there.
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I'm a New Yorker; I've paid my dues.
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As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.
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I do like to turn a phrase, but it's all about how you turn it.
