Paddy Chayefsky Quotes
We've established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived... and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing!
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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For me, great music doesn't just have to fall into one category or one genre and I love appreciating all kinds of music.
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I just want to be part of great stories that are told and for them to be relevant.
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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I need one psychological expert to help me concentrate.
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One of the side benefits of staying in the closet is you can have a much bigger career.
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If you wanted to show a mirror to people that says, 'You've been drunk on money,' they're not going to want to see it. But if you reflected that mirror on another time they'd be willing to. People will need an explanation of where we are and where we've been, and 'The Great Gatsby' can provide that explanation.
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I wasn't naturally drawn to fashion when I was younger but with my work I'm so exposed to what's out there that I'm hoping my style has become a little more sophisticated.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.
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There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.
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It's a weird scene. You win a few baseball games and all of a sudden you're surrounded by reporters and TV men with cameras asking you about Vietnam and race relations.
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It is not productive to see things in simple black and white, and talk in either anti-nuclear or pro-nuclear terms.
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I'm not cynical.
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I love some films with very silent characters, people who don't speak, but I wouldn't be able to do that.
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Unfair discrimination exists whether we like it or not; I wouldn't have married a gum-chewing vegetarian. Ultimately, we'll help the people we discriminate against if we try to understand more about them; genetics will lead to a world where there is a sympathy for the underdog.
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Addiction is a symptom of not growing up. I know people think it's a disease... If you have a brain tumor, if you have cancer, that's a disease. To say that an addiction is a disease is not fair to the real diseases of the world.
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The best thing you can give me is your time. The easiest way to get me angry is to waste my time.
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Rest is obviously a key in the offseason.
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We've established the most enormous medical entity ever conceived... and people are sicker than ever. We cure nothing! We heal nothing!
