George Tillman, Jr. Quotes
I'm in this business to make films, not get deluded by the system. The system is set up to give you a headache.
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The pop-star thing bores me because it's somebody programming someone else. Stand over here, sing that, no, sing it like this, talk like that, when they ask you this, don't say that, say this, hold that, drive this, stay here, live there - you're not even a human being. You're a puppet.
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I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.
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Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.
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Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.
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I remember 'Hannah Montana' came out, and I was so depressed, I started crying because I was like, 'I want to do that.'
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I like 'Sponge Bob' and 'The Last Airbender.' I like shows where people get creative to do the impossible.
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The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
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A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
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I think L.A. radio is learning from the Bay. The Bay is a very classic place. Mac Mall, C-Bo, all that stuff, they love their artists, they're old school up there. My first big concert was playing in the Bay; I played the Fillmore.
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If I were governor, and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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In India, kids need someone to look up to. They've got it in cricket: they have Tendulkar and others.
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The one thing you can control is effort.
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As we were all growing up, there used to be a very big mantra in India which was called 'export or perish.' There was a long period when we used to focus on import substitution.
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Truthfully, the person with whom I identified most in Heinlein's early works was Rhysling in 'The Green Hills of Earth.'
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It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.
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I don't see any baseball expansion right now. If it were up to me, I would contract two teams. But I certainly don't think expansion on the horizon.
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I think that, you know, Russia is full of themselves. They've always been full of themselves. But that's - it's more of a facade that they try and show as opposed to anything else.
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You don't know what you're going to get into when you follow your bliss.
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Bookstores see a book by a woman and they put it in the romance section.
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Mum and Dad were very much friends and up for life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up; they just taught me to be me.
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I'm in this business to make films, not get deluded by the system. The system is set up to give you a headache.
