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 consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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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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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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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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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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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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It's not unusual for someone running for Senate in Illinois to come see me.
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We were making the first step out of the age of chemistry and physics, and into the age of biology.
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Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.
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A major reason so many start-ups fail is the flawed assumption that if the product is good enough, consumers will find it, the Field of Dreams philosophy of Build it and they will come. Except a lot of times, they don’t. Founders can be overly optimistic when it comes to acquiring customers instead of better preparing for what is usually a time consuming and expensive aspect of growing a business.
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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.
