Paddy Chayefsky Quotes
Now what in hell am I going to tell this boy Schaefer's parents? That a substitute nurse assassinated him because she couldn't tell the doctors from the patients on the floor?
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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A couple of flop plays, a death in the family, and it could all collapse.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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Different days, I think about different victories. Ricky Hatton is one of those fights. I respect Ricky Hatton. He's a warrior. He's a hell of a warrior.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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Gran Metalik was a student in CMLL when I was there as a teenager, and I was in main events and big time matches, so I used to see him in the gym all the time.
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I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?
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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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Let there be great enthusiasm for the plan throughout the entire republic that will overcome all obstacles. Let us join together to realize the Five Year Plan and bring our economy and our own living standards to previously unknown heights.
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Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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Emotions are triggered by what we like to call emotionally competent stimuli, that is, objects or situations that can be real, like in front of you, or be in your mind when you think and you recall, and they act on brain devices that were designed by evolution.
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It's not rocket science: The best ads tell great stories. They look and feel like the content you're already consuming. They invite you in. They make you laugh. They teach you something. They also sell.
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Sometimes one has suffered enough to have the right to never say: I am too happy.
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I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns and I take very good care of ourselves so we can tend to the lepers and do whatever we need to assist.' If you're strong, or at least not hurting, you can inspire others.
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Now what in hell am I going to tell this boy Schaefer's parents? That a substitute nurse assassinated him because she couldn't tell the doctors from the patients on the floor?
