William Monahan Quotes
I always write as I like to write, and I've been thinking about it because I honestly didn't realize how different my stuff is, until I started looking at other people's scripts as a producer.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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What So Not used to be a lot more dance-y, and now it's becoming a lot more melodic. Flume has always had that melodic thing, but it's starting to become a bit heavier, so it's just difficult to navigate between the two.
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When people get things for free, they tend to not take them as seriously.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish.
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We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.
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I will say go into the world and try to find good people that feel genuine affection and love for you, and disregard everything else about their background.
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People who know me know that there's a light-hearted side, humour... But you could easily say I am cheeky.
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I've played sports and been active my whole life.
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Mike Judge usually receives underwhelming acclaim for his movies when they come out; it takes a while for people to catch up.
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Come, fill the Cup, and in the fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To flutter - and the Bird is on the Wing.
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I love the life I live. The Lord blessed me to be independent. I am independent.
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You have to think anyway, so why not think big?
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People need to understand: Businesses are going to make mistakes. They shouldn't be shot and hung every time.
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I much prefer a plotted novel to a novel that is really conceptual.
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People wouldn't even go into science unless there was something much bigger to be discovered, something that is transcendent.
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I have a very large forehead. I have a pronounced skull. Maybe producers think that there is a lot going on up in there.
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I started horse-riding when I was a child and still try to go as often as I can.
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I think of these things as obstacles rather than opportunities, because if they were opportunities it means I actually took the business of doing them seriously. To take myself too seriously is the gentle kiss of death.
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Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market looks free only because we so unconditionally accept its underlying restrictions that we fail to see them.
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I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.
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They always win who side with God.
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During the time I was on The Hardy Boys, I was also watching other people's careers. I thought the next step was to be a movie star. I kept saying no to projects, and offers stopped coming in. I was no longer hot.
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I always write as I like to write, and I've been thinking about it because I honestly didn't realize how different my stuff is, until I started looking at other people's scripts as a producer.
