Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.
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As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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The true doctrine is that labor - systematic, effective, congenial labor - is not only a necessity, but is the source of the highest enjoyment.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I was excited to make my own 'Neverland.'
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Giving yourself permission to lose guarantees a loss.
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Normally, learning lines is fairly easy for me, but when you add an accent onto that, it adds a complexity that I had not anticipated.
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Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.
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But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.
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γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν.
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Naturally enough when I was a young dancer, I was terribly anxious to get ahead, and to get ahead quickly. I was impatient with all those older people who talked of the long grind to the top, who turned me down for jobs I knew I could do.
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Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
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My hair is very straight - people always think that I've ironed it when I get to set.
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You never get time at Working Title, sadly, to enjoy any film's success, because you're worrying about the next lot.
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Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.
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I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories.
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When I became finance minister, they called me Okonjo-Wahala - or 'Trouble Woman.' It means 'I give you hell.' But I don't care what names they call me. I'm a fighter; I'm very focused on what I'm doing, and relentless in what I want to achieve, almost to a fault. If you get in my way, you get kicked.
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You can't throw money at the Internet to make it work - it really is all about the quality of the content.
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Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.
