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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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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The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.
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Building a successful business requires a combination of human capital, financial resources, market opportunity, persistence, community support, and even luck.
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One thing that probably is unique at Activision is that we really spend a lot of time up front with our audiences, and in big quantities and with a very thoughtful process, to really try and draw out from them what it is that they would like to play. So we have a pretty good sense going in what the expectation of the audience is.
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Ideas are powerful because they allow us to see the world as it could be, rather than what it is.
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North Korea is looking more and more like a poor man's version of South Korea.
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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?
