Finn Wittrock Quotes
A lot of the stuff that's happening now, I can trace back to 'Death of a Salesman.' Francine Maisler, the casting director, saw 'Death of a Salesman' and called me in for 'Unbroken.' The casting director of 'Normal Heart' had seen 'Salesman' too. I look back on it now, and it's like one thing led to another; it was a chain reaction.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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Once you make it to your point of making it, you'll appreciate the struggle.
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There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
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If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
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There is a lot of opportunity sitting in global healthcare business. I think there is a strong opportunity to build upon for further growth.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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I used to love the feeling of running, of running too far. It made my skin tingle.
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I listen to music constantly while writing.
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If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Lauren Goode and I have agreed that the next version of the Mac software - all of them are named after places in California - should be named either Bridgeport or Warwick.
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Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
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Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness.
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Constrained circumstances can bring the best out of you.
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A little man often cast a long shadow.
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Within a lot of African-American households, I think, there's an idea that black men don't want to take an active participation in the lives of their children. That if they do, there has to be some sort of ulterior motive.
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If you built yourself a mythYou'd know just what to giveWhat comes after thisMomentary blissConsequence of what you do to me
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The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
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Racist people, interestingly, are never as polite as smokers. Have you noticed that? Smokers always go, 'Do you mind if I smoke? Oh, you do? Okay, I'll go outside and have a cigarette.' Racist people never go, 'Do you mind if I'm racist? Oh, I'll go outside … fucking blue people, eh? Coming here, steal our hamsters …'
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When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special.
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Sometimes I'm writing for magazines on assignment, but the university has to be patient with me. I mean, during the ten-week periods that I have a class, I'm there every Thursday night or whatever it is, but sometimes that's all I'm there, because I'm somewhere else the rest of the time.
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A lot of the stuff that's happening now, I can trace back to 'Death of a Salesman.' Francine Maisler, the casting director, saw 'Death of a Salesman' and called me in for 'Unbroken.' The casting director of 'Normal Heart' had seen 'Salesman' too. I look back on it now, and it's like one thing led to another; it was a chain reaction.
