Paul McGuigan (Guigsy) Quotes
Those are hard films to make, medieval films. Nobody will put a lot of cash into it, but it needs a lot of money because of sets and costumes and stuff. I really, really wanted to make that film just because I knew it would be a big challenge, and I also knew that I wanted to create a world that was my world and it wasn't a world based on what we all know.
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Not raising the debt ceiling does not trigger a default, because we've got enough money to service our debts. Default is when you can't service your debt.
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The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.
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I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.
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The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.
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In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.
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If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago and ended up on a beach.
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There seems to be an inclination among rock musicians to be very carefree with money, but I negotiate the best flight and hotel deals on our tours to maximise the band's income - I don't want too see too much taken off the top line.
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It would be easy to blame Hollywood to say that I was typed and forced to play the same role over and over. For a while, I did. But the truth is that I knew what I was doing. I was enjoying myself. I was making money.
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I have no idea why I write. The old standards are: I like to express my feelings, stretch my imagination, earn money.
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More men are ruined by underestimating the value of money than by overestimating it. Let us, then, abandon the affectation of despising money, and frankly own its value.
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What's more condescending and corny than someone telling you how much more money they have than you and telling you basically, 'I don't care about poor people,' which is a large part of what you hear of corporate hip-hop on the radio.
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The biggest challenge or biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind is fear and intolerance.
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Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserve it.
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Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.
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Posh is a way of living that can often be quite miserly and not about money.
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No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
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Switching the public's perception and view of me was, and still is, kind of a challenge to get them to see me outside of a character that I played on TV for so long.
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When so much money is involved in these movies, someone somewhere is going to try to screw you.
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I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.
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'Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, are you an Indian?' And he was cool. 'Yes. Yes, I'm an Indian.' Still didn't believe him. I had to test him to be sure. This is fucked up, but I had a gum wrapper in my pocket, so I balled that shit up and I threw it on the floor. And a single tear came out of his eye. I said 'oh, shit!' I had so many questions.
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It's not the hair on your head that matters. It's the kind of hair you have inside.
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Motor racing is like one big family, ultimately, and when you come back to it, that's really what it feels like.
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Limited points of view let the writer dispense - and the reader gather - information from various corners of the story. It all becomes a kind of dance, with the writer guiding the reader through the various twists and turns. The challenge is keeping readers in step, while still managing to surprise.
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Those are hard films to make, medieval films. Nobody will put a lot of cash into it, but it needs a lot of money because of sets and costumes and stuff. I really, really wanted to make that film just because I knew it would be a big challenge, and I also knew that I wanted to create a world that was my world and it wasn't a world based on what we all know.
