Barry Eisler Quotes
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Oh wow, you know what's wrong with all these families on TV? All these kids say stuff no kid would say. Stuff grown-ups want them to say. Man, I'd make a really realistic family. Where kids get spankings. On TV parents say, 'Oh, you shouldn't do that ever again. Now you can have ice cream.' Forget it.
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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
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The real debate is, when does life begin? When life begins, it deserves protection.
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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The power of a sports team in a community it's almost indescribable.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
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I'm the kind of person that, if someone says, 'Oh yeah, you can't do that,' I want to then go do it.
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Charity never lacks what is her own, all that she needs for her own security. Not alone does she have it, she abounds with it. She wants this abundance for herself that she may share it with all; and she reserves enough for herself so that she disappoints nobody. For charity is perfect only when full.
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Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
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You can't invest in natural gas on a daily basis. It's too volatile. But if you think of natural gas as a long-term holding, then you push your profit horizon out. A long-term time horizon would be at least two years.
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Making movies is really hard. It's the hardest thing I've ever done.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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It's the No.1 issue with people I talk to, whether Republican, Democrat or independent. They want to see the way business is done in Washington change.
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I've never isolated role models based on gender. I have more male role models due to the mere fact that I've done business with more of them and they're leaders within the verticals I work. Of those, Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, is an entrepreneur and personal friend that I have a great deal of respect for.
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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.
