Beau Willimon Quotes

The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.

Beau Willimon

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• I hope to work till I'm an old lady.

  

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• All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.

  

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• When I was young I didn't care about education, just money and box office.

  

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• The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author's head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail.

  

  Imre Kertesz
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• I'd rather have people really be able to step back and get their money's worth and look at me as a true artist than somebody who is just regurgitating other material.

  

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• We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at home. The face we present in our most intimate relationships is not the face we present to the world.

  

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• I've done fine in this business, but I've never made quite enough money to have a family or have many options.

  

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• The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

  

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• In college, I wanted to be a child psychologist. Acting was just something on the side to make money. And it was fun.

  

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• I mean, we sit around and we go, you know, 'Torture doesn't work.' Well, it's been around for 5,000 years. Most stuff that doesn't work goes the way of the dodo pretty quick, like waterbeds and 8-tracks and things like that.

  

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• I would really love to work with Clint Eastwood.

  

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• Coach Lue always amazed me. I'm like, 'How do you have this much joy coming out of life? You have money, but you don't drink; you don't smoke. All you do is hoop, and you live on a natural high.' But now I know.

  

  J. R. Smith
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• You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

  

  Harry Browne
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• I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better.

  

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• Why do you think the fans like us - why they prefer our street raps over all that phony stuff out there? Because we're telling the real story of what it's like living in places like Compton. We're giving them reality. We're like reporters. We give them the truth.

  

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• I don't mind rude people. I want people that I can make money with, so if their executional abilities are good, and they're arrogant and rude, I don't care.

  

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• Art is always a search for understanding, and the different levels and frequencies of that search feel completely comfortable and natural to me.

  

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• We usually use that mostly on the weekends because we have access to the range during the week. But I can tell you a number of times they have had a training holiday at Fort Benning, so nobody trains, and to drag him in is like pulling teeth.

  

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• I mean, I'm lucky because I've slimmed down, but the last thing I was thinking about was losing weight.

  

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• The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that much money.

  

  Beau Willimon
  • Work
  • Money
  • Power